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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 481

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Relating to: eliminating deductions for moving expenses for businesses that move out of the state or out of the United States. (FE)

Business Corporation — Taxation Franchise — Taxation

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a business may deduct from its income or franchise tax

liability all expenses that the business paid to move its operations from one location

to another, including expenses paid to relocate outside the state. Under this bill, a

business may not deduct expenses paid to move outside the state or outside the

United States.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Feyen (R) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Olsen (R) , Risser (D) , Wirch (D)

35 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Barca (D) , Berceau (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Duchow (R) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Horlacher (R) , Jacque (R) , Kolste (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Neylon (R) , Novak (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Petryk (R) , Pope (D) , Quinn (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Vruwink (D) , Wachs (D)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 10, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 10, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 27, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Feyen, Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Johnson, Olsen, Risser, Wirch and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Neylon, C. Taylor, Anderson, Barca, Berceau, R. Brooks, Brostoff, Considine, Duchow, Fields, Genrich, Hebl, Hesselbein, Horlacher, Jacque, Kolste, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Ohnstad, Petryk, Pope, Quinn, Riemer, Sargent, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spiros, Spreitzer, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Vruwink and Wachs

  2. Oct 27, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues

  3. Oct 27, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Feyen and Bewley

  4. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Nov 29, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor

  6. Dec 12, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Jan 10, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Jan 10, 2018 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Jan 10, 2018 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  10. Jan 10, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1