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Bills · Sep 2011 Special Session

SB 5

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an income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

  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 creates an income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness

programs. The amount of the credit is equal to 30 percent of the amount that an

employer pays in the taxable year to provide a workplace wellness program to any

of the employer's employees who are employed in this state. A workplace wellness

program is a health or fitness program, as defined by administrative rule by the

Department of Revenue, that is provided with health risk assessments.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Committee on Senate Organization , Representative Murtha , Senator Moulton , by request of Governor Scott Walker

3 cosponsors

Lassa (D) , Moulton (R) , Murtha (R)

Full history

  1. Oct 11, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by committee on Senate Organization, by request of Governor Scott Walker, Senator Moulton, and Representative Murtha

  2. Oct 11, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Oct 11, 2011 · Senate

    Senator Moulton added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 11, 2011 · Senate

    Senator Lassa added as a coauthor

  5. Oct 11, 2011 · Senate

    Representative Murtha added as a cosponsor

  6. Oct 19, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Dec 13, 2011 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1