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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Bill 750

Eliminating the personal property tax. (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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 20, 2016

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill eliminates the property tax on personal property beginning in 2020.

The bill also eliminates, in 2016, the state aid payments to taxing jurisdictions based on the value of computers and computer-related equipment that are exempt from the personal property tax and that are located in the taxing jurisdictions.

Read the full summary

Under the bill, personal property placed in service on or after January 1, 2016, is not subject to the property tax. Personal property placed in service before January 1, 2016, is subject to the property tax based on the actual depreciated value of the property.

Beginning with the assessments as of January 1, 2020, no personal property is subject to the property tax. Under the bill, real property that was assessed as personal property prior to January 1, 2020, will be assessed as real property and real property placed in service on or after January 1, 2020, that would have been assessed as personal property prior to that date will be assessed as real property.

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

16 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 16 are Republicans.

9 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 25 names

Authors (16)

Signed on in support (9)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 2, 2016 to Feb 23, 2016

    2 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.

  3. Jan 28, 2016

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Jan 20, 2016

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.

  5. Jan 20, 2016

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 20, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kulp, Jarchow, Craig, Jacque, Sanfelippo, Macco, Gannon, Katsma, Kremer, Tittl, Kleefisch, Horlacher, Hutton, Swearingen, Quinn and Skowronski; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Tiffany, Nass, Lasee, Harsdorf and Vukmir

  2. Jan 20, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Jan 28, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 2, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Duchow added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Senator Kapenga added as a cosponsor

  6. Feb 23, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Thiesfeldt added as a coauthor

  7. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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

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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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