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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 189

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Relating to: eliminating the personal property tax and making an appropriation. (FE)

Administration department of — Budget and fiscal issues Legislature — Tax exemptions joint survey committee on Property tax School — State aid Shared revenue Sheriff

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, beginning with the property tax assessments as of January

1, 2018, machinery, tools, and patterns, not including those items used in

manufacturing, are exempt from the personal property tax. However, beginning in

2019, the state pays each taxing jurisdiction an amount equal to the property taxes

levied on those items of personal property for the property tax assessments as of

January 1, 2017.

Under the bill, beginning with the property tax assessments as of January 1,

2021, no items of personal property will be subject to the property tax. Beginning in

2022, the state will pay each taxing jurisdiction an additional amount equal to the

property taxes levied on the items made exempt under the bill for the property tax

assessments as of January 1, 2020. Beginning in 2023, each taxing jurisdiction will

receive a payment to compensate it for its loss in personal property revenue equal

to the payment it received in the previous year.

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Felzkowski (R) , Feyen (R) , Jacque (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R)

39 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Bradley (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Callahan (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , Horlacher (R) , James (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Magnafici (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Neylon (R) , Novak (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Plumer (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rozar (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen and Tranel , Summerfield (R) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wichgers (R) , Zimmerman (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic and Workforce Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Jun 22, 2021 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic and Workforce Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Jun 22, 2021 official source full page

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

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 3

Passed 11–3 Jun 23, 2021 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s. 16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 3

Passed 11–3 Jun 23, 2021 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Mar 10, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Stroebel, Testin, Felzkowski, Jacque, Marklein, Nass, Wanggaard and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Armstrong, Allen, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Dallman, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Horlacher, James, Krug, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Neylon, Novak, Oldenburg, Pronschinske, Ramthun, Rozar, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Sortwell, Summerfield, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, VanderMeer, Wichgers, Zimmerman and Brandtjen

  2. Mar 10, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue

  3. Apr 2, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jun 18, 2021 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue and rereferred to committee on Economic and Workforce Development pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  5. Jun 18, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Plumer added as a cosponsor

  6. Jun 21, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Stroebel

  7. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic and Workforce Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  8. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic and Workforce Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  9. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  11. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Representatives Steffen and Tranel added as cosponsors

  12. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Senator Bradley added as a coauthor

  13. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  14. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  15. Jun 23, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Joint Committee on Finance

  16. Jun 23, 2021 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 3

  17. Jun 23, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage as amended, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s. 16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 3

  18. Jun 23, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Jun 29, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-30-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  20. Jun 30, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on the foot of the 11th order of business on the calendar of 6-30-2021

  21. Jun 30, 2021 · Senate

    Laid on table

  22. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1