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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 979

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Relating to: the married persons credit. (FE)

Income tax — Credit

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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, married persons filing a joint income tax return may claim

an income tax credit equal to 3 percent of the earned income for a taxable year of the

spouse with the lower earned income, up to a maximum credit of $480. This bill

increases the maximum credit amount to $870.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Bradley (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Feyen (R) , Jagler (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Quinn (R) , Stroebel (R) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R)

41 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , August (R) , Behnke (R) , Binsfeld (R) , Born (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Hurd (R) , Katsma (R) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Macco (R) , Magnafici (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Penterman (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Rettinger (R) , Schmidt (R) , Schraa (R) , Schutt (R) , Snyder (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Tranel (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

Passed 11–4 Feb 7, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 30, 2024 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Stroebel, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, Felzkowski, Feyen, Jagler, Marklein, Nass, Quinn, Testin and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Schutt, Katsma, Krug, Allen, Armstrong, August, Behnke, Born, Brandtjen, Binsfeld, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Hurd, Kurtz, Macco, Magnafici, Maxey, Melotik, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Oldenburg, Penterman, Petryk, Plumer, Rettinger, Schmidt, Schraa, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Steffen, Tranel, Wichgers and Wittke

  2. Jan 30, 2024 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance

  3. Feb 1, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 7, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 7, 2024 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

  6. Feb 7, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Feb 15, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1