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Bills · Jan 2011 Special Session

SB 5

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requiring a supermajority for passage of tax increase legislation.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits either house of the legislature from passing a bill that

increases the rate of the state sales tax or that increases any of the rates of the income

tax or franchise tax unless the bill is approved by two-thirds of those members

present and voting. The bill, however, specifies that this prohibition does not apply

if the legislature passes a joint resolution requiring a statewide advisory referendum

on the question of whether the legislature should authorize the tax increase provided

in the bill and a majority of voters voting at the referendum vote to approve the tax

increase.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Committee on Senate Organization , Representative August , Senator Vukmir , by request of Governor Scott Walker

6 cosponsors

August (R) , Grothman (R) , Kuglitsch, Mursau, Weininger, Litjens, Murtha, Knilans, Farrow, Vos, Loudenbeck, Endsley, Kaufert, M. Williams, Knudson, Knodl, A. Ott, Jacque, Meyer, Strachota, Honadel, Nygren, Petryk, LeMahieu, Nass and Petrowski , Schultz, Leibham, Lasee, Kapanke, Darling, Kedzie and Lazich , Stone (R) , Vukmir (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 2, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Decision of the Chair stands as the judgement of the Senate, Ayes 19, Noes 13

Passed 19–13 Feb 8, 2011 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Jan 5, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by committee on Senate Organization, by request of Governor Scott Walker, Senator Vukmir, and Representative August

  2. Jan 5, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations

  3. Jan 5, 2011 · Senate

    Senator Vukmir added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 5, 2011 · Senate

    Representative August added as a cosponsor

  5. Jan 5, 2011 · Senate

    Senators Schultz, Leibham, Lasee, Kapanke, Darling, Kedzie and Lazich added as coauthors

  6. Jan 5, 2011 · Senate

    Representatives Kuglitsch, Mursau, Weininger, Litjens, Murtha, Knilans, Farrow, Vos, Loudenbeck, Endsley, Kaufert, M. Williams, Knudson, Knodl, A. Ott, Jacque, Meyer, Strachota, Honadel, Nygren, Petryk, LeMahieu, Nass and Petrowski added as a cosponsors

  7. Jan 10, 2011 · Senate

    Representative Stone added as a cosponsor

  8. Jan 10, 2011 · Senate

    Senator Grothman added as a coauthor

  9. Jan 19, 2011 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  10. Feb 1, 2011 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  11. Feb 2, 2011 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  12. Feb 2, 2011 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  13. Feb 2, 2011 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)

  14. Feb 2, 2011 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)

  15. Feb 2, 2011 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-8-2011 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  16. Feb 4, 2011 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 offered by Senator Carpenter

  17. Feb 4, 2011 · Senate

    Senate amendment 2 offered by Senator Carpenter

  18. Feb 4, 2011 · Senate

    Senate amendment 3 offered by Senator Carpenter

  19. Feb 8, 2011 · Senate

    Read a second time

  20. Feb 8, 2011 · Senate

    Point of order that January 2011 Special Session Senate Bill 5 is not germane to the special session call not well taken

  21. Feb 8, 2011 · Senate

    Decision of the Chair stands as the judgement of the Senate, Ayes 19, Noes 13

  22. Feb 8, 2011 · Senate

    Laid on the table

  23. Sep 28, 2011 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1