Assembly Bill 73
Changing the phase-out of utility aid payments for decommissioned power plants. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 28, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Roll call
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, if a power production plant that is exempt from property taxes is decommissioned or closed, and therefore becomes taxable, the county and municipality where the plant is located each receive a utility aid payment for the first five years in which the plant is subject to the property tax, in an amount equal to a percentage of the utility aid payment received for the last year in which the plant was exempt. Under the bill, these post-exemption utility aid payments are made only for a production plant that is decommissioned. Under the bill, “decommissioned” means, with regard to a production plant, the earliest of the following: 1) the production plant is no longer recovered through the utility's rates; or 2) the production plant is transferred to a person who is not subject to the annual license fees imposed by the state.
The bill also provides that, with regard to a power production plant that has multiple power generation units, the utility aid payment received by a county or municipality will not be reduced on the basis that one or more, but not all, of the power generation units permanently ceased generating electricity, and the amount of the payment will be the same as the payment received in the year before the year the first power generation unit permanently ceased generating electricity. In addition, the phase out of utility aid payments under the bill does not begin until the production plant is decommissioned, and the amounts of the phase-out payments are determined on the basis of the amount of the payment received in the year before the year the first power generation unit permanently ceased generating electricity.
Who's behind it
9 representatives are its . 8 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (9)
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Tom Michalski · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Amanda Nedweski · Republican, Assembly
- Loren Oldenburg · Republican, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities vote to recommend it
Passed, 16 to 0 · Feb 20, 2024
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 16, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 20, 2024
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 20, 2024
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 16 to 0.
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May 16, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 21, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 28, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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Feb 28, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 28, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Oldenburg, Plumer, Brooks, Knodl, Michalski, Mursau, Nedweski, Rodriguez and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Ballweg, Cowles, Felzkowski, Marklein, Pfaff and Wanggaard
- Feb 28, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities
- Mar 21, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- May 16, 2023 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Oct 10, 2023 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 16, Noes 0
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 10:04 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28
- Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote