Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes. (FE)
Firearms and dangerous weapons Legislature — Tax exemptions joint survey committee on Sales tax — Exemption
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
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.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Brown (D) , Callahan (R) , DeSmidt (D) , Dittrich (R) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goeben (R) , Goodwin (D) , Hong (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Maxey (R) , Mayadev (D) , Melotik (R) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Neylon (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spiros (R) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Tusler (R) , Vining (D) , Wichgers (R)
20 cosponsors
Bare (D) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Carpenter (D) , Clancy and Madison , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Feyen (R) , Hesselbein (D) , Hysell (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , James (R) , Kirsch (D) , Marklein (R) , McCarville (D) , Prado (D) , Quinn (R) , Ratcliff (D) , Roe (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Udell (D) , Wanggaard (R)
Registered lobbying interests · 12
Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record
- Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
- City of Madison
- City of Milwaukee
- Dane County
- Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund
- League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, Inc
- National Association of Social Workers - Wisconsin Chapter
- WAVE Educational Fund
- Wisconsin Catholic Conference
- Wisconsin Firearm Owners, Inc
- Wisconsin Gun Owners, Inc.
- Wisconsin Medical Society
Votes
Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
Passed 10–0 May 7, 2025 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
Passed 10–0 May 7, 2025 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- 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
- Feb 6, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 17, 2025 · Assembly
LRB correction
- Feb 20, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 21, 2025 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Feb 27, 2025 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neylon
- Mar 26, 2025 · Assembly
Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
- Apr 14, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Roe added as a coauthor
- Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Prado added as a coauthor
- Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 29, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
- Apr 30, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- May 7, 2025 · Assembly
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- May 7, 2025 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- May 7, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- May 20, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Hysell added as a coauthor
- Jun 10, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Bare added as a coauthor
- Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly
Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
- Oct 24, 2025 · Assembly
- Nov 12, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Kirsch added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1