Assembly Bill 235
A tax credit for certain property tax increases and making an appropriation. (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 28, 2023
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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, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates a refundable individual income tax credit for an increase in the property taxes that a person who has reached age 65 pays for a primary residence owned in this state. The credit amount is calculated as the difference between the property taxes levied on the claimant's primary residence in the year to which the claim relates and those property taxes in the base year.
Under the bill, the “base year” is the most recent of either of the following years:
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1) if a claimant has not moved to a different primary residence after first claiming the credit, the year immediately before the year in which the claimant first claimed the credit or 2) if a claimant moves to a different primary residence after first claiming the credit, the first year for which property taxes are levied on that different primary residence for the claimant. To claim the credit, the claimant must have paid the property taxes that are the basis of the calculation. The maximum credit for a taxable year allowed under the bill is $500.
Because the credit is refundable, if the amount of the claim for which a claimant is eligible exceeds the claimant's tax liability, the difference will be paid to the claimant by check.
Who's behind it
9 representatives are its . 8 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (9)
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Angie Sapik · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 8, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 28, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.
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Apr 28, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 28, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Behnke, Edming, Gundrum, Magnafici, Rozar, Sapik, Wichgers and Ortiz-Velez; cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara
- Apr 28, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- May 8, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jun 6, 2023 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell
- Apr 15, 2024 · 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