Senate Bill 369
An income and franchise tax credit for hiring unemployed disabled veterans
Topics: Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Credit, Unemployment, Veteran
Became law
The governor signed it on Apr 5, 2012. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Jan 9, 2012
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Mar 14, 2012
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Mar 15, 2012
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2011 Wisconsin Act 212
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 6, 2012: “Published 4-18-2012”
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates an income and franchise tax credit for hiring unemployed veterans. Under the bill, a taxpayer may claim the following amounts as credits:
1. For each disabled veteran the taxpayer hires in the taxable year to work a full-time job in this state, $4,000 in the taxable year in which the disabled veteran is hired and $2,000 in each of the three taxable years following the taxable year in which the disabled veteran is hired.
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2. For each disabled veteran the taxpayer hires in the taxable year to work a part-time job in this state, $2,000 in the taxable year in which the disabled veteran is hired and $1,000 in each of the three taxable years following the taxable year in which the disabled veteran is hired.
Who's behind it
8 senators are its . 7 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
15 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Timothy Cullen · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (15)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Knilans · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Vruwink, Hebl, Molepske Jr, Bernard Schaber, Pope-Roberts, Ringhand, Jorgensen, Doyle, Bewley, Zamarripa, Hulsey, Seidel, Billings and Toles
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 4 votes on this bill. Taking a bill up right away needs two-thirds of the members, a higher bar than passing it, so that vote can draw more yeses than the final one.
Senate Committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs vote on an amendment
Passed, 7 to 0 · Mar 6, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 0 by committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 33 to 0 · Mar 14, 2012
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (33)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dale Schultz (R, 17)
- Dave Hansen (D, 30)
- Frank G. Lasee (R, 1)
- Fred A. Risser (D, 26)
- Glenn Grothman (R, 20)
- Jennifer Shilling (D, 32)
- Jessica King (D, 18)
- Jim Holperin (D, 12)
- Joe Leibham (R, 9)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
- Julie M. Lassa (D, 24)
- Kathleen Vinehout (D, 31)
- Leah Vukmir (R, 5)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Luther S. Olsen (R, 14)
- Mark Miller (D, 16)
- Mary Lazich (R, 28)
- Michael Ellis (R, 19)
- Neal Kedzie (R, 11)
- Pam Galloway (R, 29)
- Rich Zipperer (R, 33)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Robert Jauch (D, 25)
- Scott L. Fitzgerald (R, 13)
- Sheila Harsdorf (R, 10)
- Spencer Coggs (D, 6)
- Terry Moulton (R, 23)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Timothy Cullen (D, 15)
- Van Wanggaard (R, 21)
Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to take it up right away
Passed, 81 to 3 · Mar 15, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up, Ayes 81, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to take it up right away
Passed, 84 to 0 · Mar 15, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Finance and take up, Ayes 84, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 6, 2012
The new law was published.
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Apr 5, 2012
The governor signed it. It became 2011 Wisconsin Act 212.
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Apr 3, 2012
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 15, 2012
The Assembly passed it too.
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Mar 15, 2012
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Mar 15, 2012
15 more representatives signed on in support.
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Mar 15, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 15, 2012
The Assembly received it.
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Mar 14, 2012
The Senate passed it, 33 to 0.
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Mar 14, 2012
The Senate adopted it.
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Mar 6, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.
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Jan 25, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 13, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 9, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs.
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Jan 9, 2012
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 9, 2012 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Lassa, Schultz, Carpenter, T. Cullen, Taylor, S. Coggs, Hansen and C. Larson;Cosponsored by Representatives Wynn, Spanbauer, Jacque, Tranel, Knilans, Berceau, Kaufert, Fields, Brooks, C. Taylor, Sinicki, Turner and Endsley
- Jan 9, 2012 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs
- Jan 13, 2012 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 25, 2012 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 5, 2012 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 6, 2012 · Senate
Report introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 0 by committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs
- Mar 6, 2012 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- Mar 6, 2012 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 14, 2012 · Senate
Rules suspended and taken up
- Mar 14, 2012 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 14, 2012 · Senate
Senate amendment 1 adopted
- Mar 14, 2012 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 14, 2012 · Senate
Rules suspended and taken up
- Mar 14, 2012 · Senate
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0
- Mar 14, 2012 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Representatives Vruwink, Hebl, Molepske Jr, Bernard Schaber, Pope-Roberts, Ringhand, Jorgensen, Doyle, Bewley, Zamarripa, Hulsey, Seidel, Billings and Toles added as cosponsors
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up, Ayes 81, Noes 3
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Representative Young added as a cosponsor
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Referred to joint committee on Finance
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Finance and take up, Ayes 84, Noes 0
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 19, 2012 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Mar 26, 2012 · Senate
LRB correction
- Mar 26, 2012 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled on 3-26-2012
- Apr 3, 2012 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 4-3-2012
- Apr 5, 2012 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 4-4-2012. 2011 Wisconsin Act 212
- Apr 6, 2012 · Senate
Published 4-18-2012
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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