Assembly Bill 177
Sales and use tax exemption for diapers and feminine hygiene products. (FE)
Topics: Legislature: Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, Sales tax: Exemption
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 15, 2025
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. The committee's chair at the time was Jerry O'Connor. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 114. That version died when the session ended.
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
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 the sale of diapers and feminine hygiene products.
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
18 representatives are its . 11 are Democrats and 7 are Republicans.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (18)
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Lindee Brill · Republican, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (17)
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Renuka Mayadev · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
- Jamie Wall · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 30, 2025 to Mar 19, 2026
5 more representatives and 4 senators signed on in support.
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Apr 23, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 15, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.
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Apr 15, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Brill, Krug, Behnke, Brown, J. Jacobson, Miresse, Mursau, Palmeri, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Snyder, Stroud, Subeck, Tusler, Udell, Wichgers, Stubbs and Joers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Tomczyk, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Spreitzer and Wall
- Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Apr 23, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 30, 2025 · Assembly
Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
- Jun 2, 2025 · Assembly
Senator Drake added as a cosponsor
- Dec 11, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Mayadev added as a coauthor
- Dec 15, 2025 · Assembly
Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- Dec 29, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
- Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Billings added as a coauthor
- Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly
Senator Bradley added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- 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.
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