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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 81

Technical changes to the tax incremental financing statutes. (FE)

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 22, 2017

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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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 makes a number of technical changes to the statutes affecting city, village, and town tax incremental financing districts. The bill does the following:

1. Limits penalties to $6,000 per report that the Department of Revenue may assess against municipalities that fail to file with DOR certain required reports.

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2. Modifies certain administrative payment and certification request due dates, changing the dues dates from May 15 to April 15.

3. Repeals a requirement for municipalities to provide DOR with preliminary project plan amendment notifications.

4. Adds mixed-use development to the list of eligible project costs for mixed-use tax incremental districts.

5. Excludes municipal property from base values for town TIDs.

6. Repeals an obsolete special provision that applied only to a TID in the city of Hayward; the TID terminated in 2011.

Who's behind it

6 representatives are its ⁠. All 6 are Republicans.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 8 names

Authors (6)

Signed on in support (2)

What it would cost

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

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Ways and Means vote to recommend it

Passed, 12 to 0 · May 4, 2017

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 4, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. May 4, 2017

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 12 to 0.

  4. Apr 6, 2017

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Feb 27, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Feb 22, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.

  7. Feb 22, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

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  1. Feb 22, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Steffen, R. Brooks, Loudenbeck, Skowronski, Spiros and Kerkman; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel and Olsen

  2. Feb 22, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Feb 27, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. May 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. May 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  7. May 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. May 4, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-10-2017 by Committee on Rules

  9. May 10, 2017 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  10. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    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.

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

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

Committee

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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary