Senate Bill 293
Development opportunity zones for areas experiencing mass layoffs or business closings. (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
Sep 10, 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 Economic Development and Local Government. 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.
Current law designates certain areas in the state, usually confined to a city, as development opportunity zones. Taxpayers that conduct business or intend to conduct business in a development opportunity zone may receive certain tax credits after submitting a qualifying project plan to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).
This bill authorizes WEDC to designate as a development opportunity zone an area in a county in this state that experiences a mass layoff or business closing.
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Under the bill, the mass layoff or business closing must affect at least 25 percent of the employer's workforce or 100 employees, whichever is greater, at an employment site or within a county, not including new or low-hour employees. The bill also authorizes WEDC to reallocate unallocated tax credits from the existing development opportunity zones in the cities of Janesville, Kenosha, and Beloit for use in a development opportunity zone that WEDC designates in connection with a mass layoff or business closing.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . 1 is a Democrat and 1 is a Republican.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (11)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- John Klenke · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Chad Weininger · 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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Sep 19, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 10, 2013
Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Local Government.
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Sep 10, 2013
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 10, 2013 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Lasee and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Weininger, Born, Jacque, Kahl, Kleefisch, Klenke, Knodl, Genrich, Mursau, Nygren and A. Ott
- Sep 10, 2013 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development and Local Government
- Sep 19, 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