Senate Bill 81
Increasing the amount of the individual income tax personal exemption for certain older taxpayers. (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
Mar 13, 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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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, an individual income tax personal exemption exists in the amount of $700 for each taxpayer who is required to file an income tax return and $700 for the taxpayer's spouse, except if the spouse is filing separately or as a head of household. A taxpayer may also claim a $700 exemption for each dependent for whom he or she is entitled to claim an exemption under the Internal Revenue Code.
In general, an additional exemption of $250 may be claimed by a taxpayer, and spouse, who has reached the age of 65 before the close of the taxable year to which his or her tax return relates.
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This bill increases the additional exemption that may be claimed by a taxpayer who reaches the age of 70 or 75 before the close of the taxable year to which his or her tax return relates. Under the bill, in general, an additional exemption of $300 may be claimed by a taxpayer, and spouse, who has reached the age of 70 before the close of the taxable year to which his or her tax return relates and an additional exemption of $350 may be claimed by a taxpayer, and spouse, who has reached the age of 75 before the close of the taxable year to which his or her tax return relates.
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
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (11)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Tyler August · Republican, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Larson · 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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Mar 19, 2014
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Apr 10, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 13, 2013
Sent to the Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue.
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Mar 13, 2013
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 13, 2013 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Kedzie, Lazich and Leibham; cosponsored by Representatives Nass, August, Jacque, Brooks, Kerkman, T. Larson, A. Ott, Bies, LeMahieu and Endsley
- Mar 13, 2013 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue
- Apr 10, 2013 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 19, 2014 · Senate
Representative Loudenbeck added as a cosponsor
- 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