Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax. (FE)
Housing Legislature — Tax exemptions joint survey committee on Motor vehicle 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 exempts from the electric vehicle charging tax electricity delivered or placed by any charger of an electric vehicle charging station located at a residence. Generally under current law, beginning on January 1, 2025, an electric vehicle charging tax is imposed at the rate of 3 cents per kilowatt-hour on electricity delivered or placed by certain electric vehicle charging stations. Current law exempts electricity delivered or placed by a residential Level 3 charger of an electric vehicle charging station from the tax. The bill also makes several technical changes involving the administration of the electric vehicle charging tax.
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: Clancy (D) , Dittrich (R) , Melotik (R) , Udell (D) , VanderMeer (R)
11 cosponsors
Dassler-Alfheim (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Marklein (R) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Testin (R)
Registered lobbying interests · 16
Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record
- Alliance for Automotive Innovation
- Alliant Energy
- American Lung Association, dba American Lung Association in Wisconsin
- Conservative Energy Network
- Customers First! Coalition
- Dairyland Power Cooperative
- League of Wisconsin Municipalities
- Madison Gas & Electric Company
- Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin
- RENEW Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Conservation Voters
- Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association
- Wisconsin Fuel & Retail Association (WFRA)
- Wisconsin Grocers Association
- Wisconsin REALTORS Association
- Wisconsin Utilities Association Inc
Votes
Assembly: Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0
Passed 9–0 May 28, 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 recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 13, Noes 0
Passed 13–0 Nov 20, 2025 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives VanderMeer, Dittrich, Clancy, Melotik and Udell; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Testin and Dassler-Alfheim
- Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities
- Mar 12, 2025 · Assembly
Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- Mar 21, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Miresse added as a coauthor
- Apr 21, 2025 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Apr 30, 2025 · Assembly
Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
- May 22, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4)
- May 27, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
- May 28, 2025 · Assembly
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- May 28, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
- Jul 15, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Joers added as a coauthor
- Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Nov 20, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken by committee on Energy and Utilities
- Nov 20, 2025 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Nov 20, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 12, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Madison added as a coauthor
- Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 1-15-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor
- Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1