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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 584

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Relating to: a property tax exemption for prefabricated recreational structures. (FE)

Administration department of — Budget and fiscal issues Legislature — Tax exemptions joint survey committee on Property tax — Exemption Recreation

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates a property tax exemption for prefabricated structures originally designed to be towed by a motor vehicle and used primarily as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal purposes, including accessory decks, sheds, and porches. To claim the exemption, the prefabricated structures must be located in a licensed campground on land that is not owned by the owner of the structures.

The bill also requires the Department of Administration to make aid payments to taxing jurisdictions to compensate them for the loss of property tax revenue due to the property tax exemption for prefabricated structures described above. Under current law, DOA makes payments to taxing jurisdictions to compensate them for the loss of property tax revenue due to the repeal of the personal property 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: Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Kaufert (R) , Knodl (R) , Kurtz (R) , O'Connor (R) , Petersen (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tucker (R) , Wichgers (R)

4 cosponsors

Bradley (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Jacque (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 5

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jan 12, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

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

Passed 10–0 Jan 14, 2026 official source full page

No 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 Jan 14, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 4, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Petersen, Behnke, Dittrich, Doyle, Kaufert, Knodl, Kurtz, O'Connor, Rodriguez, Tucker, Wichgers and Swearingen; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Bradley and Jacque

  2. Oct 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Nov 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Dec 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Petersen and O'Connor

  6. Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4)

  8. Jan 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions

  9. Jan 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  10. Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly

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

  11. Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly

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

  13. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)

  14. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance

  15. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  16. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  17. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  18. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

  19. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:21 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13

  20. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer

  21. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  22. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1