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Bills from the 2025–26 session

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Dec 23, 2025

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. The committee didn't recommend it.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. 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.

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 ⁠.

See all 14 names

Authors (9)

Signed on in support (5)

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

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 10, 2026

    “Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 8, Noes 1” (the official wording)

  3. Feb 9, 2026

    The committee voted on it.

  4. Feb 6, 2026

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  5. Feb 6, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.

  6. Feb 4, 2026

    The committee held a public hearing.

  7. Jan 27, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  8. Jan 12, 2026

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  9. Dec 23, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.

  10. Dec 23, 2025

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. 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

  2. Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Jan 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong

  5. Jan 27, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Feb 6, 2026 · Assembly

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

  8. Feb 6, 2026 · Assembly

    Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  9. Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions

  10. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 8, Noes 1

  11. 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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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