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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Bill 4

Increasing the maximum deduction under the individual income tax sliding scale standard deduction. (FE)

Vetoed by the governor

Both chambers passed it, and the governor vetoed it on Feb 20, 2019. Lawmakers did not ⁠, so it stands.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 1, 2019

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 12, 2019

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 19 to 14

  5. Governor, stopped here

    Vetoed Feb 20, 2019.

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, May 12, 2020: “Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82”

Read the governor's veto message · All vetoes 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 increases the maximum individual income tax sliding scale standard deduction (SSSD) by 20.6 percent for each type of income tax filer, and modifies each of the phaseout percentages so they are closer together. These changes first apply to taxable year 2020. The indexing provisions that apply to the current SSSD continue to apply to the new standard deduction amounts.

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

61 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 61 are Republicans.

15 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 76 names

Authors (61)

Signed on in support (15)

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.

Assembly Committee on Ways and Means vote to recommend it

Passed, 8 to 4 · Feb 6, 2019

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 8, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Joint Committee on Finance vote on an amendment

Passed, 13 to 0 · Feb 7, 2019

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

Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it

Passed, 10 to 3 · Feb 7, 2019

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

Official motion: “Report passage as amended, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s. 16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 10, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 61 to 33 · Feb 12, 2019 · 2 didn't vote

See how each of the 96 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (61)

Didn't vote (2)

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 3 to 2 · Feb 12, 2019

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

Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 19 to 14 · Feb 13, 2019

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. May 12, 2020

    The veto stood. Lawmakers didn't override it.

  2. Jul 16, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Feb 20, 2019

    The governor vetoed it.

  4. Feb 14, 2019

    Sent to the governor.

  5. Feb 13, 2019

    The Senate passed it too, 19 to 14.

  6. Feb 12, 2019

    “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)

  7. Feb 12, 2019

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  8. Feb 12, 2019

    The Senate received it.

  9. Feb 12, 2019

    The Assembly passed it, 61 to 33.

  10. Feb 12, 2019

    The Assembly adopted it.

  11. Feb 7, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  12. Feb 7, 2019

    “Report passage as amended, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s. 16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 10, Noes 3” (the official wording)

  13. Feb 6, 2019

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  14. Feb 6, 2019

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 4.

  15. Feb 6, 2019

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  16. Feb 5, 2019

    The committee held a public hearing.

  17. Feb 1, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.

  18. Feb 1, 2019

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Vos, Steineke, Nygren, Macco, Katsma, Allen, August, Ballweg, Born, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Horlacher, Hutton, Jagler, James, Kerkman, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Pronschinske, Quinn, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Stafsholt, Steffen, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vorpagel, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman and Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Fitzgerald, Darling, Marklein, Stroebel, Kooyenga, Kapenga, Craig, Feyen, Jacque, LeMahieu, Testin, Tiffany, Wanggaard, Bernier and Roth

  2. Feb 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Feb 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Riemer, Doyle, Goyke, Haywood, Ohnstad and C. Taylor

  4. Feb 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Feb 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 4

  8. Feb 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  9. Feb 7, 2019 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  10. Feb 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  11. Feb 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Joint Committee on Finance

  12. Feb 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  13. Feb 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s. 16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 10, Noes 3

  14. Feb 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  15. Feb 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-12-2019 by Committee on Rules

  16. Feb 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Feb 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  18. Feb 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Feb 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Feb 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 61, Noes 33, Paired 2

  21. Feb 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Feb 12, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  23. Feb 12, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  24. Feb 12, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  25. Feb 12, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  26. Feb 12, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-13-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  27. Feb 13, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  28. Feb 13, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  29. Feb 13, 2019 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  30. Feb 13, 2019 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  31. Feb 13, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  32. Feb 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  33. Feb 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-14-2019

  34. Feb 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 2-14-2019 by directive of the Speaker

  35. Feb 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 2-20-2019

  36. Jul 16, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  37. May 12, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-12-2020 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  38. May 12, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

Terms on this page

Veto override

Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.

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

Veto override

Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.

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