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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 814

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Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for sales of movie theater projectors. (FE)

Administrative rules Legislature — Tax exemptions joint survey committee on Revenue department of Sales tax — Exemption Theater

  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 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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Dallman (R) , Donovan (R) , Krug (R) , Petersen (R) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Snyder (R) , Tranel (R)

5 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Keyeski (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 6

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 8, Noes 1

Passed 8–1 Feb 10, 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. 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