Assembly Bill 419
A sales and use tax exemption for ski lifts. (FE)
Topics: Legislature: Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, Recreation, 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.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 15, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 418. 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.
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
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 ski lifts and the machines and equipment used exclusively to operate the ski lifts. Under current law, snowmaking and snow-grooming machines and equipment used exclusively and directly for snowmaking and snow grooming at ski hills, ski slopes, and ski trails is exempt from the sales and use 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.
Who's behind it
8 representatives are its . 7 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Brent Jacobson · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Summerfield · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
- Duke Tucker · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Assembly vote
Passed, 6 to 3 · Nov 11, 2025
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 6, Noes 3.”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Ways and Means vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 1 · Nov 20, 2025
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 7, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 28, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Nov 20, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Nov 20, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 1.
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Nov 11, 2025
“Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 6, Noes 3.” (the official wording)
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Nov 7, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
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Nov 5, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 17, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 15, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.
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Sep 15, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 15, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives B. Jacobson, Kurtz, Dittrich, Mursau, Novak, Stubbs, Summerfield and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Cabral-Guevara, Keyeski, Pfaff and Tomczyk
- Sep 15, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Sep 17, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 5, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Nov 7, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4)
- Nov 11, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
- Nov 11, 2025 · Assembly
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 6, Noes 3.
- Nov 12, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken by committee on Ways and Means
- Nov 20, 2025 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 7, Noes 1
- Nov 20, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 28, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Tucker 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.
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote