Senate Bill 287
Creating three refundable tax credits for volunteer emergency responders and making an appropriation. (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
Jun 21, 2019
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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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Cost estimate
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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 creates three refundable tax credits for volunteer fire fighters, emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, and ambulance drivers (responders).
The first credit is equal to $300 for responders who have served for at least one year, but not more than five years, and $600 for responders who have served for more than five years. An individual is eligible to claim the credit if the individual is in good standing with the department for which he or she serves and either has completed 40 hours of service at the department's station or at the scene of an emergency or has participated in at least 50 percent of the calls or incidents that his or her station has responded to, not including calls or incidents outside of the department's jurisdiction. An individual who holds more than one emergency responder position in the same department may combine the hours served in those positions when determining whether the 40-hour threshold is met.
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The second credit is equal to $20 for each hour, up to 25 hours, that a responder is engaged in education or training. An individual is eligible to claim the credit if the individual meets the criteria to claim the first credit.
The third credit is equal to the sum of the responder's unreimbursed mileage for using a personal vehicle to attend training and his or her unreimbursed expenses, not to exceed $200, for purchasing department-approved gear and equipment. The maximum amount that may be claimed for the credit is $400. In order to claim the credit, the individual must be in good standing with the department for which he or she serves.
An individual may claim only one credit under each provision in a taxable year, regardless of the number of positions the individual holds that makes the individual eligible to claim the credits.
Because the credits are refundable, if an individual is eligible to claim an amount as a credit that exceeds his or her income tax liability, the individual receives the excess as a refund.
Who's behind it
13 senators are its . 10 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.
44 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Patty Schachtner · Democrat, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (44)
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Loren Oldenburg · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Treig Pronschinske · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Summerfield · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
- Shannon Zimmerman · Republican, Assembly
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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Jul 3, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 21, 2019
Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions.
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Jun 21, 2019
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jun 21, 2019 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Testin, Nass, Bernier, Bewley, Feyen, Jacque, Marklein, Olsen, Petrowski, Ringhand, Schachtner, Tiffany and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Pronschinske, Mursau, Petryk, Tranel, Tusler, Ballweg, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Horlacher, Jagler, James, Kerkman, Kitchens, Krug, Kulp, Kurtz, Magnafici, B. Meyers, Milroy, Novak, Oldenburg, Petersen, Plumer, Quinn, Ramthun, Schraa, Shankland, Skowronski, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Spreitzer, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, VanderMeer, Vruwink, Wichgers and Zimmerman
- Jun 21, 2019 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions
- Jul 3, 2019 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 1, 2020 · Senate
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