Senate Bill 527
Sales and property tax exemptions for property used by commercial radio and television stations
Topics: Legislature: Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, Property tax: Exemption, Radio, Sales tax: Exemption, Television
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 28, 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 joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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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, digital broadcasting equipment owned and used by a radio or television station is exempt from personal property taxes. In addition, the sale of radio and television programs, including related advertising, is exempt from the sales and use tax.
This bill provides a property tax exemption for the personal property of a commercial radio or television station that is used in the origination or integration of various sources of program material for commercial radio or television transmissions that are free to receive. The bill also creates a sales and use tax exemption for the equipment that is sold to a person who is licensed to operate a commercial radio or television station in this state, if the equipment is used in the origination or integration of various sources of program material for commercial radio or television transmissions that are free to receive.
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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
7 senators are its . 4 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.
22 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Timothy Cullen · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (22)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Knilans · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Dan Meyer · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Radcliffe · Democrat, Assembly
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, 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 28, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
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Feb 28, 2012
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 28, 2012 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Grothman, Holperin, Lasee, Kedzie, T. Cullen, Schultz and Hansen;Cosponsored by Representatives Kleefisch, Spanbauer, Jacque, Nerison, Ziegelbauer, Bies, Brooks, Doyle, Thiesfeldt, Petryk, Radcliffe, Turner, Jorgensen, Zepnick, Knilans, Strachota, Kooyenga, Meyer, T. Larson, Endsley, Petrowski and Rivard
- Feb 28, 2012 · Senate
Read first time and referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
- 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