Senate Bill 302
Increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain older taxpayers
Topics: Income tax: Deduction, Legislature: Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, Senior citizen
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 22, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, an individual income tax personal exemption exists in the amount of $700 for each taxpayer who is required to file an income tax return and $700 for the taxpayer's spouse, except if the spouse is filing separately or as a head of household. A taxpayer may also claim a $700 exemption for each dependent for whom he or she is entitled to claim an exemption under the Internal Revenue Code.
In general, an additional exemption of $250 may be claimed by a taxpayer, and spouse, who has reached the age of 65 before the close of the taxable year to which his or her tax return relates.
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This bill increases the additional exemption that may be claimed by a taxpayer who reaches the age of 70 or 75 before the close of the taxable year to which his or her tax return relates. Under the bill, in general, an additional exemption of $300 may be claimed by a taxpayer, and spouse, who has reached the age of 70 before the close of the taxable year to which his or her tax return relates and an additional exemption of $350 may be claimed by a taxpayer, and spouse, who has reached the age of 75 before the close of the taxable year to which his or her tax return relates.
Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Republicans.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (8)
- Tyler August · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Public Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 25, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 25, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Jan 19, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Dec 21, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 22, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue.
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Nov 22, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 22, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Kedzie, Leibham, Lasee and Galloway;Cosponsored by Representatives Nass, August, Jacque, Spanbauer, Brooks, Wynn, Mason and Endsley
- Nov 22, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue
- Dec 21, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 19, 2012 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jan 25, 2012 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jan 25, 2012 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Jan 25, 2012 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote