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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 461

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Relating to: the refund setoff for state debt collections. (FE)

Children and families, department of Debt and debtors Divorce Family — Support Income tax — Refund Revenue, department of

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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

Under current law, a state agency may certify to DOR debts owed to the state

agency. DOR then collects the debt by subtracting the amount from any state tax

refund owed to the debtor. DOR first collects any debts owed to it, and then the debts

certified to DOR are collected in the following order:

1. Wisconsin child support, family support, and maintenance obligations

certified by the Department of Children and Families.

2. State agency debt collected pursuant to an agreement with an individual

taxpayer and debt certified by the courts, the legislature, or authorities.

3. Debt owed to local units of government collected pursuant to an agreement

with an individual taxpayer.

4. State agency debt, other than child support obligations.

5. Child support or spousal support obligations submitted by an agency of

another state.

6. Debt certified by counties and municipalities.

7. Federal tax obligations.

8. Tribal obligations.

9. Tax obligations of other states.

Under this bill, DOR first collects Wisconsin child support, family support, and

maintenance obligations certified by the Department of Children and Families

before collecting any other debt.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bies (R) , Genrich (D) , Jagler (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Krug (R) , Murtha (R) , Nygren (R) , Severson (R) , Spiros (R) , Steineke (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Zepnick (D)

6 cosponsors

Harris (D) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Lazich (R) , Risser (D) , Vukmir (R)

Full history

  1. Oct 21, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Steineke, Krug, Spiros, Bies, Severson, Jagler, Nygren, Murtha, Kleefisch, Thiesfeldt, Genrich and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, L. Taylor, Risser, Lazich and Harris

  2. Oct 21, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. Oct 23, 2013 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 25, 2013 · Assembly

    Representative Johnson added as a coauthor

  5. Nov 4, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Dec 17, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1