Senate Bill 853
Creating an individual income tax checkoff for donations to the Wisconsin Fire & EMS Memorial, Inc., 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
Dec 26, 2023
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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, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Universities and Revenue. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates an individual income tax checkoff for the Wisconsin Fire & EMS Memorial, Inc., the proceeds of which support the construction, improvement, and maintenance of the fire fighters and emergency medical services 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.
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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 and emergency medical services 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.
Who's behind it
6 lawmakers are its . 3 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (14)
- Ty Bodden · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 17, 2024
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 26, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Universities and Revenue.
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Dec 26, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 26, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Testin, Ballweg, Carpenter, L. Johnson, Knodl and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Brandtjen, Bodden, C. Anderson, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Jacobson, Melotik, Ohnstad, Rettinger, Shankland, Snodgrass and Subeck
- Dec 26, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Revenue
- Jan 17, 2024 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 15, 2024 · 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