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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 321

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Relating to: creating an individual income tax checkoff for donations to the Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial, Inc., and making an appropriation. (FE)

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  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

This bill creates an individual income tax checkoff for the Wisconsin State

Firefighters Memorial, Inc., the proceeds of which support the construction,

improvement, and maintenance of the fire fighters memorial. The bill requires that

an amount equal to the total amount of designations received, less the total cost of

administering the income tax checkoff procedure, be transferred to the corporation.

Currently, there are eight permanent checkoffs to which taxpayers may make

a designation. Current law prohibits the Department of Revenue from placing more

than 10 checkoffs, not including temporary checkoffs, on the income tax form.

Current law also requires DOR to remove from the tax forms any checkoffs that do

not generate at least an average of $50,000 of designations per year over the most

recent three-year period. Formerly, a temporary checkoff for the fire fighters

memorial appeared on the tax forms, but it was removed by DOR because it failed

to generate the required level of designations. The checkoff created in the bill would

be a permanent checkoff.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: L. Taylor (D) , Testin (R)

13 cosponsors

Bowen (D) , Brandtjen (R) , Gundrum (R) , Horlacher (R) , Krug (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Plumer (R) , Ramthun (R) , Spiros (R) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R)

Full history

  1. Apr 21, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Testin and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Subeck, Mursau, Moses, Bowen, Brandtjen, Gundrum, Plumer, Spiros, Tusler and Horlacher

  2. Apr 21, 2021 · Senate

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

  3. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jul 8, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Ramthun added as a cosponsor

  5. Dec 6, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Ohnstad added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1