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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 73

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Relating to: lease terms and the imposition of sales and use taxes related to a local professional baseball park district. (FE)

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  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently a local professional baseball park district may impose a sales tax and

a use tax within the area of its jurisdiction, and a district may issue revenue bonds

if the district board determines that the district's lease with a professional baseball

team franchise that uses the district's baseball facilities is for a term of at least 30

years. Generally, the sales and use taxes may not be imposed and collected after the

district pays off the bonds issued to construct the stadium and funds a special

maintenance and capital improvements fund.

Under this bill, the sales and use taxes may not be collected, generally, after

December 31, 2019. Also under the bill, any lease between the district and the

baseball team that uses the facilities must extend for at least the same number of

years during which the sales and use tax is collected. The bill also specifies that the

district board may not incur any new obligations after June 30, 2019, if the obligation

could not be paid once the sales and use tax is no longer collected.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brandtjen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Horlacher (R) , Hutton (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Murphy (R) , Neylon (R) , Nygren (R) , Plumer (R) , Ramthun (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Sinicki (D) , Sortwell (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R) , Zamarripa (D)

15 cosponsors

Brostoff (D) , Carpenter (D) , Craig (R) , Darling (R) , Kooyenga (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Nass (R) , Petrowski (R) , Ringhand (D) , Stroebel (R) , Tiffany (R) , Vining (D) , Wanggaard (R) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Jun 18, 2019 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Jun 18, 2019 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Jun 18, 2019 official source full page

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

Senate: Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Nov 1, 2019 official source full page

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

Senate: Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Nov 1, 2019 official source full page

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

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

Passed 3–2 Nov 1, 2019 official source full page

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

Senate: Senate Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 14

Passed 19–14 Nov 5, 2019 official source full page

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

Senate: Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 14

Passed 19–14 Nov 5, 2019 official source full page

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

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 33–0 Nov 5, 2019 official source full page

Full history

  1. Mar 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Hutton, Nygren, Kerkman, Zamarripa, Sinicki, Sanfelippo, Murphy, Sortwell, Kuglitsch, Neylon, Brandtjen, Horlacher, Duchow, Ramthun, Wichgers, Tusler, Plumer and Dittrich; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Carpenter, Stroebel, Wirch, Nass, L. Taylor, Tiffany, Petrowski, Larson, Darling and Ringhand

  2. Mar 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Mar 19, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

  4. Mar 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 28, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. May 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Brostoff added as a coauthor

  7. May 21, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

  8. May 22, 2019 · Assembly

    Senator Kooyenga added as a cosponsor

  9. May 23, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

  10. May 23, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  11. May 28, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  12. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  13. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  14. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  15. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  16. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-20-2019 by Committee on Rules

  17. Jun 19, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

  18. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  20. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  21. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

  22. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  23. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  24. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  26. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  27. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Jun 20, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  29. Jun 20, 2019 · Senate

    Senator Craig added as a cosponsor

  30. Jun 24, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  31. Jun 24, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  32. Nov 1, 2019 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  33. Nov 1, 2019 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  34. Nov 1, 2019 · Senate

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

  35. Nov 1, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  36. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Carpenter

  37. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Carpenter

  38. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  39. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  40. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  41. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  42. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  43. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  44. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  45. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  46. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)

  47. Nov 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 11-13-2019

  48. Nov 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 11-14-2019 by directive of the Speaker

  49. Nov 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-20-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 28

  50. Nov 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Published 11-21-2019