Assembly Bill 580
Sales and use tax exemption for beekeeping equipment. (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
Oct 25, 2019
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “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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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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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, sales of certain items used in the business of farming are exempt from sales and use taxes. Farming includes beekeeping, which is defined to mean the business of moving, raising, producing, and other management of bees or bee products. This bill creates a sales and use tax exemption for sales of equipment used in beekeeping that is engaged in as a hobby, rather than as a business.
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
11 lawmakers are its . 6 are Republicans and 5 are Democrats.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (11)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Treig Pronschinske · Republican, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 8, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 25, 2019
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.
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Oct 25, 2019
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 25, 2019 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Mursau, Ballweg, Sargent, Anderson, Sortwell, Pronschinske, Considine, Ohnstad, Tusler, Hesselbein and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senator Olsen
- Oct 25, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Nov 8, 2019 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 1, 2020 · 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.
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