Senate Bill 146
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.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 17, 2013
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
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.
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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
10 senators are its . 9 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Richard Gudex · Republican, Senate
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Timothy Cullen · Democrat, Senate
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (14)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 30, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 17, 2013
Sent to the Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue.
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Apr 17, 2013
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 17, 2013 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Leibham, Gudex, Grothman, Kedzie, Tiffany, Olsen, T. Cullen, Lasee, Schultz and Moulton; cosponsored by Representatives Endsley, LeMahieu, Thiesfeldt, Kestell, Marklein, Ripp, Murphy, A. Ott, Schraa, Tranel, Tittl, Stone, Spiros and Mursau
- Apr 17, 2013 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue
- May 30, 2013 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2014 · Senate
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.
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. 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
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