Assembly Bill 268
Providing a temporary tax exemption for unemployment compensation. (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
Apr 16, 2021
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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, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development. 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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill exempts, for state income tax purposes in 2020 and 2021, up to $10,200 of the unemployment compensation received by an individual during the year. In the case of married couples who both receive unemployment compensation and who file a joint return, the $10,200 limitation applies separately to each spouse. The exemption applies only if the federal adjusted gross income (AGI) of the individual, or of both spouses if filing a joint return, is less than $150,000.
Under current federal law, unemployment compensation is generally taxed, except that the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 temporarily allows individuals whose federal AGI is less than $150,000 to exclude up to $10,200 of the unemployment compensation received in 2020 by the individual or, in the case of married couples filing a joint return, each spouse. Under current state law, unemployment compensation is exempt from state tax if the recipient's federal AGI does not exceed a base amount. The base amount is $12,000 for single individuals or married individuals filing separate returns who live apart from their spouse for the entire year, $18,000 for married couples filing joint returns, and zero for married individuals filing separate returns who live with their spouse during the year. If federal AGI exceeds the base amount, then the amount subject to tax under current state law is the lesser of the amount of unemployment compensation received or one-half of the amount that federal AGI exceeds the base amount. The bill maintains the existing provision.
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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
18 lawmakers are its . 17 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (18)
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Tip McGuire · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (14)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Roger Roth · Republican, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 26, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 19, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Apr 16, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development.
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Apr 16, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 16, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives McGuire, Sinicki, Baldeh, Bowen, Cabrera, Conley, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, Milroy, Pope, Shankland, Shelton, Stubbs and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Agard, Bewley, Erpenbach, Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roth, Roys, Smith, L. Taylor and Wirch
- Apr 16, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development
- Apr 19, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Apr 26, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 15, 2022 · 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