Senate Bill 448
An income tax and franchise tax credit for training apprentices
Topics: Apprenticeship, Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Credit, Industrial development, Trades and occupations, Wage, Workforce Development, Department of
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 9, 2012
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Senate vote, not reached
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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 ”
It sat with the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs.
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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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates an income tax and franchise tax credit for an employer that pays wages to an apprentice who is participating in a two-year to five-year apprenticeship program in which the apprentice is receiving instruction leading to qualification as a skilled journeyman in any of the five industrial manufacturing trades; any of the five private sector service occupations; or any of the five construction trades; with the most projected job openings for new entrants, as determined by the Department of Workforce Development. The amount of the credit is 5 percent of the wages paid to an apprentice in a taxable year, but cannot exceed $1,400, except that, in the taxable year in which the apprentice completes the apprenticeship program, the amount of the credit is 8 percent of the wages paid to an apprentice, but cannot exceed $3,000. Generally, no employer may claim the credit for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014, if the number of employers training apprentices does not increase by more than 40 percent from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2014.
Who's behind it
Glenn Grothman, a Republican, is its .
10 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (10)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Barbara Toles · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 12, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 22, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 21, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 9, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs.
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Feb 9, 2012
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 9, 2012 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Grothman;Cosponsored by Representatives Jacque, Kerkman, Fields, Bies, Brooks, Mursau, Spanbauer, Stroebel, Pridemore and Toles
- Feb 9, 2012 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs
- Feb 21, 2012 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 22, 2012 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 12, 2012 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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