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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 538

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: modifying the jobs credit to provide an increased credit to small businesses. (FE)

Business Income tax — Credit

  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 person who undertakes certain business activities in this

state may claim the jobs tax credit in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the wages

paid to eligible full-time employees in this state. The total amount of the credit may

not exceed $10,000 per eligible employee. Under this bill, a person who operates a

small business in this state may claim the jobs tax credit in an amount not to exceed

15 percent of the wages paid to eligible full-time employees in this state. The total

amount of the credit may not exceed $10,000 per eligible employee. Under the bill,

a "small business" is defined as a business entity that is independently owned and

operated and not dominant in its field, and that employs 25 or fewer eligible

employees or that has gross annual sales of less than $5,000,000.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barca (D) , Berceau (D) , Bewley (D) , Bies (R) , Billings (D) , Doyle (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Johnson (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kahl (D) , Kaufert (R) , Pope (D) , Ringhand (D) , Sinicki (D) , Smith (D) , Vruwink (D) , Wachs (D) , Wright (D)

4 cosponsors

Erpenbach (D) , Lassa (D) , Schultz (R) , Shankland (D)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Small Business Development and take up, Ayes 39, Noes 59

Failed 39–59 Jan 21, 2014 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Dec 6, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Smith, Barca, Kahl, Jorgensen, Hebl, Doyle, Pope, Johnson, Sinicki, Vruwink, Berceau, Wright, Ringhand, Goyke, Bies, Kaufert, Billings, Wachs and Bewley; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Schultz and Lassa

  2. Dec 6, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Small Business Development

  3. Dec 19, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Dec 23, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 21, 2014 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Small Business Development and take up, Ayes 39, Noes 59

  6. Jan 22, 2014 · Assembly

    Representative Shankland added as a coauthor

  7. Feb 17, 2014 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1