Senate Bill 516
Appeals from tax determinations
Topics: Circuit court, Dane County, Mercantile establishment, Property tax, Revenue, Department of, Sales tax, Tax Appeals Commission
Stopped in committee
It never got a , 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 27, 2012
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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 never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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.
Under current law, a person who wishes to appeal an assessment of the person's manufacturing property may appeal the assessment to the Tax Appeals Commission (TAC). The person may appeal a TAC decision to the Dane County Circuit Court.
Under this bill, the person may also appeal a TAC decision to the circuit court of the county where the property is located.
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Under current law, air carriers, railroads, pipeline companies, sleeping car companies, telephone companies, and conservation and regulation companies pay a property tax based on an assessment made by the Department of Revenue (DOR).
An assessment of the tax may be appealed to the Dane County Circuit Court. Under the bill, the assessment of the tax may also be appealed to the circuit court of the county where the company's property is located.
Under current law, DOR may determine if a retailer is entitled to a refund of any portion of the sales taxes the retailer remitted to the state or if the retailer has not remitted the correct amount of such taxes. The retailer may appeal DOR's determination to the TAC. A retailer may appeal the TAC's decision to the Dane County Circuit Court. The bill allows the retailer to appeal the TAC's decision to the circuit court of any county where the retailer does business in this state.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (9)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, 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 8, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 27, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue.
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Feb 27, 2012
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 27, 2012 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Lasee, Grothman and Schultz;Cosponsored by Representatives Strachota, Kooyenga, Spanbauer, Marklein, Bies, Rivard, Stroebel, Endsley and Thiesfeldt
- Feb 27, 2012 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue
- Mar 8, 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