Skip to content
Bills from the 2013–14 session

Assembly Bill 167

Assessing property used for aging cheese as manufacturing property. (FE)

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Apr 25, 2013

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

Read the bill

Following saves it on this device. New actions show on your Following page. You can also get updates in a feed reader.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, the Department of Revenue assesses manufacturing property for property tax purposes. In addition to other criteria, property specified under certain major group classifications in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, published by the federal government, is considered manufacturing property. Under current law, property used for activities classified under the major group code for food and kindred products is considered manufacturing property. This bill clarifies that property used for aging cheese on behalf of others is manufacturing property.

Under current law, manufacturing machinery and specific processing equipment are exempt from the property tax. Under the bill, machinery and equipment used in the process of aging cheese is exempt from the property tax.

Read the full summary

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

14 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 14 are Republicans.

10 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 24 names

Authors (14)

Signed on in support (10)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 8, 2014

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 30, 2013

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Apr 25, 2013

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.

  4. Apr 25, 2013

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 25, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Endsley, LeMahieu, Thiesfeldt, Kestell, Marklein, Ripp, Murphy, A. Ott, Schraa, Tranel, Tittl, Stone, Spiros and Mursau; cosponsored by Senators Leibham, Gudex, Grothman, Kedzie, Tiffany, Olsen, T. Cullen, Lasee, Schultz and Moulton

  2. Apr 25, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. May 30, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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