Assembly Bill 814
A sales and use tax exemption for sales of movie theater projectors. (FE)
Topics: Administrative rules, Legislature: Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, Revenue, Department of, Sales tax: Exemption, Theater
Stopped in committee
The voted on it but didn't recommend it, so the full Assembly never voted. 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
Dec 23, 2025
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. The committee didn't recommend it.
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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 sat with the Assembly Committee on joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 812. 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
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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
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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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 exempts from the sales and use tax movie projectors sold to a movie theater. The bill also requires the Department of Revenue to determine when revenues from the sales and use tax have cumulatively decreased by $2,000,000 due to the exemption under the bill and to send notice of that date to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register. Under the bill, the tax exemption does not apply two years after the bill takes effect, or at the beginning of the third month after the date specified in DOR’s notice, whichever is earlier.
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
9 representatives are its . 8 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (9)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Alex Dallman · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly vote
Passed, 8 to 1 · Feb 10, 2026
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 8, 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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Feb 10, 2026
“Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 8, Noes 1” (the official wording)
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Feb 9, 2026
The committee voted on it.
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Feb 6, 2026
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Feb 6, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
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Feb 4, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 27, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 12, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 23, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.
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Dec 23, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, Rivera-Wagner, Behnke, Donovan, Krug, Petersen, Snyder, Tranel and Dallman; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Habush Sinykin and Keyeski
- Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Jan 12, 2026 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 26, 2026 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong
- Jan 27, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Anderson added as a coauthor
- Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 6, 2026 · Assembly
Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4)
- Feb 6, 2026 · Assembly
Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
- Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly
Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
- Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 8, Noes 1
- 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
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote