Senate Bill 834
Creating a tax credit for local media advertising. (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
Jan 6, 2022
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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, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue. 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
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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 creates an income and franchise tax credit for businesses that purchase advertising in local media outlets. The credit equals 50 percent of the advertising expenditures, limited to a maximum credit of $5,000. The credit may be claimed only by businesses with fewer than 100 full-time employees and less than $10,000,000 in revenue. The bill defines “local media outlet” to mean a newspaper in Wisconsin that has at least 25 percent news content, a broadcast radio or television station that is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to serve a local community in Wisconsin, or a Wisconsin-based Internet site that is meant to inform users of news and events in a local community in Wisconsin.
Under the bill, if the business deducted the advertising expenditures under federal law, the business must add the amount deducted to its Wisconsin income in order to claim the credit. The bill provides that the credit may be claimed only for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021, and before January 1, 2027.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . 2 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Roger Roth · Republican, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (17)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
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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Jan 26, 2022
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 10, 2022
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 6, 2022
Sent to the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue.
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Jan 6, 2022
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 6, 2022 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Roth, Testin and Pfaff; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Swearingen, Tranel, Armstrong, Conley, Edming, Kurtz, Penterman, J. Rodriguez, Snyder, Spiros, Steffen, Tittl, Tusler, Schraa and Vruwink
- Jan 6, 2022 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue
- Jan 10, 2022 · Senate
Representative Magnafici added as a cosponsor
- Jan 26, 2022 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 15, 2022 · 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