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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 10

A sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes. (FE)

Topics: Firearms and dangerous weapons, Legislature: Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, Sales tax: Exemption

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 6, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 12. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill creates a sales and use tax exemption for sales of gun safes.

Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill.

Who's behind it

36 representatives are its ⁠. 23 are Democrats and 13 are Republicans.

20 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 56 names

Authors (36)

Signed on in support (20)

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.

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Ways and Means vote on an amendment

Passed, 10 to 0 · May 7, 2025

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly Committee on Ways and Means vote to recommend it

Passed, 10 to 0 · May 7, 2025

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 20, 2025 to Nov 12, 2025

    5 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.

  3. May 7, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  4. May 7, 2025

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 0.

  5. Apr 29, 2025

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  6. Apr 15, 2025

    The committee held a public hearing.

  7. Feb 21, 2025 to Apr 15, 2025

    4 more representatives signed on in support.

  8. Feb 20, 2025

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  9. Feb 6, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.

  10. Feb 6, 2025

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Neylon, Spiros, Anderson, Andraca, Armstrong, Behnke, Billings, Brown, Callahan, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Hong, Joers, Johnson, Maxey, Mayadev, Melotik, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Moses, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Tusler, Vining, Wichgers, Goeben, Palmeri and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Feyen, Hesselbein, James, Marklein, Quinn and Ratcliff

  2. Feb 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Feb 17, 2025 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  4. Feb 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 27, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neylon

  7. Mar 26, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative McCarville added as a coauthor

  8. Apr 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Roe added as a coauthor

  9. Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Prado added as a coauthor

  10. Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  11. Apr 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Udell added as a coauthor

  12. Apr 30, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  13. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  14. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  15. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  16. May 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Hysell added as a coauthor

  17. Jun 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Bare added as a coauthor

  18. Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  19. Oct 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Representatives Clancy and Madison added as coauthors

  20. Nov 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Kirsch added as a coauthor

  21. Mar 23, 2026 · 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.

More in the glossary

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.

More in the glossary

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