Senate Bill 441
Changes to the local levy limit calculation for a political subdivision that transfers responsibility to provide a governmental service to another governmental unit. (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
Sep 23, 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 Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development. 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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Generally under current law, local levy limits are applied to the property tax levies that are imposed by a political subdivision in December of each year. Current law prohibits any political subdivision from increasing its levy by a percentage that exceeds its “valuation factor," which is defined as the greater of either zero percent or the percentage change in the political subdivision's equalized value due to new construction, less improvements removed.
Also under current law, if a political subdivision transfers to another governmental unit the responsibility to provide a service that it provided in the previous year, the levy increase limit otherwise applicable in the current year is decreased to reflect the cost that the political subdivision would have incurred to provide that service. This bill repeals that provision.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
21 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (21)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Terry Katsma · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · 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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Dec 13, 2019
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Oct 9, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 23, 2019
Sent to the Senate Committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development.
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Sep 23, 2019
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 23, 2019 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Miller, Petrowski, Wanggaard and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Hesselbein, Katsma, Gundrum, Allen, Anderson, Ballweg, Dittrich, Duchow, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Loudenbeck, Ohnstad, Petersen, Rodriguez, Sanfelippo, Snyder, Subeck, Tusler, Zimmerman and Steffen
- Sep 23, 2019 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development
- Oct 9, 2019 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 12, 2019 · Senate
Representative Hesselbein withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Dec 13, 2019 · Senate
Representative Ramthun added as a cosponsor
- Dec 13, 2019 · Senate
Representative Anderson withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Jan 8, 2020 · Senate
Senator Miller withdrawn as a coauthor
- Jan 9, 2020 · Senate
Representative Subeck withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Jan 14, 2020 · Senate
Senator Petrowski withdrawn as a coauthor
- 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