Senate Bill 299
An exemption from the county property tax levy for municipalities on Madeline Island and Washington Island that levy taxes for airports or for public health or economic development services. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Apr 17, 2014. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Sep 13, 2013
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Mar 11, 2014
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Mar 20, 2014
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2013 Wisconsin Act 282
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 17, 2014: “Published 4-17-2014”
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under this bill, a town located on Madeline Island or Washington Island is exempt from the county property tax levy related to operating or maintaining, or providing services to, an airport or for public health or economic development services, if the town levies a tax for the same purposes and in an amount that is proportionate to the amount the county levies for those purposes.
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
Robert Jauch, a Democrat, is its .
1 more lawmaker .
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Author (1)
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (1)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 6 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Workforce Development vote on an amendment
Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 21, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Workforce Development vote on an amendment
Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 21, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Workforce Development vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 21, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Mar 7, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Mar 7, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 33 to 0 · Mar 11, 2014
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (33)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dale Schultz (R, 17)
- Dave Hansen (D, 30)
- Frank G. Lasee (R, 1)
- Fred A. Risser (D, 26)
- Glenn Grothman (R, 20)
- Jennifer Shilling (D, 32)
- Jerry Petrowski (R, 29)
- Joe Leibham (R, 9)
- John Lehman (D, 21)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
- Julie M. Lassa (D, 24)
- Kathleen Vinehout (D, 31)
- Leah Vukmir (R, 5)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Luther S. Olsen (R, 14)
- Mark Miller (D, 16)
- Mary Lazich (R, 28)
- Michael Ellis (R, 19)
- Neal Kedzie (R, 11)
- Nikiya Harris Dodd (D, 6)
- Paul F. Farrow (R, 33)
- Richard Gudex (R, 18)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Robert Jauch (D, 25)
- Scott L. Fitzgerald (R, 13)
- Sheila Harsdorf (R, 10)
- Terry Moulton (R, 23)
- Thomas Tiffany (R, 12)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Timothy Cullen (D, 15)
Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 17, 2014
The new law was published.
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Apr 17, 2014
The governor signed it. It became 2013 Wisconsin Act 282.
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Apr 16, 2014
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 20, 2014
The Assembly passed it too.
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Mar 18, 2014
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 12, 2014
The Assembly received it.
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Mar 11, 2014
The Senate passed it, 33 to 0.
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Mar 11, 2014
The Senate adopted it.
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Mar 7, 2014
“Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Mar 7, 2014
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Jan 21, 2014
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Jan 21, 2014
“Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Jan 21, 2014
“Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Nov 7, 2013
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 3, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 13, 2013
Sent to the Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue.
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Sep 13, 2013
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 13, 2013 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Jauch; cosponsored by Representative Bewley
- Sep 13, 2013 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue
- Oct 3, 2013 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 8, 2013 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jauch
- Nov 7, 2013 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Nov 13, 2013 · Senate
Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Jauch
- Jan 15, 2014 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jan 21, 2014 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Jan 21, 2014 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Jan 21, 2014 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Jan 21, 2014 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 11, 2014 · Senate
- Mar 7, 2014 · Senate
Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Mar 7, 2014 · Senate
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Mar 7, 2014 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-11-2014 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 adopted
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Senate Amendment 2 adopted
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Senate Amendment 3 adopted
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 12, 2014 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up
- Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 21, 2014 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Apr 3, 2014 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Apr 16, 2014 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 4-15-2014
- Apr 17, 2014 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 4-16-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 282
- Apr 17, 2014 · Senate
Published 4-17-2014
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote