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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 586

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Relating to: eliminating the advisory referenda restrictions under 2023 Wisconsin Act 12.

County Municipality Property tax Referendum

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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, a county may not conduct a countywide advisory

referendum except for an advisory referendum regarding a political subdivision

revenue sharing agreement or capital expenditures proposed to be funded by the

county property tax levy. In addition, current law prohibits a municipality from

conducting an advisory referendum except for an advisory referendum regarding tax

incremental financing, a local government telecommunications utility, or capital

expenditures proposed to be funded by the municipality's property tax levy.

This bill eliminates the above restrictions and allows a county or municipality

to conduct advisory referenda for any purpose, which a county or municipality was

allowed to do prior to enactment of

2023 Wisconsin Act 12

.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Bare (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Cabrera (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)

8 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Billings (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Neubauer (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)

Full history

  1. Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Ratcliff, Joers, Bare, C. Anderson, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Sinicki, Conley, Emerson, J. Anderson, Snodgrass, Vining, Shelton, Cabrera, Subeck, Baldeh, Considine, Palmeri, Shankland, Jacobson, Clancy, Andraca, Madison and Drake; cosponsored by Senators Smith, L. Johnson, Hesselbein, Larson and Agard

  2. Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Nov 10, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  4. Nov 15, 2023 · Assembly

    Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  5. Mar 7, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor

  6. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1