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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 878

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Relating to: a tax credit for certain sales and use taxes paid on services sold through an amusement device. (FE)

Amusement Franchise — Taxation Income tax — Credit Milwaukee — City Milwaukee county Sales tax

  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 an income and franchise tax credit for the total amount of the additional Milwaukee County sales and use tax and the sales and use tax imposed by a municipality that is paid by a person on sales of taxable services purchased through an amusement device. The bill defines an “amusement device” as a single or multiplayer device, machine, or game played for amusement. Current law subjects the furnishing, for payment or other consideration, of access or use of amusement, entertainment, or recreational devices or facilities to sales and use taxes. Also, under current law, the City of Milwaukee is the only municipality that is authorized to impose a sales and use tax, which it imposes at a rate of 2 percent. Under current law, Milwaukee County is authorized to impose an additional sales and use tax of 0.4 percent. The revenues from both of those taxes must generally be used to pay for the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the pension systems of the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County, respectively.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Green (R) , Knodl (R) , Wittke (R)

1 cosponsors

Tomczyk (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

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 passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 8, Noes 2

Passed 8–2 Feb 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: PASSAGE

Passed 55–41 Feb 19, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 55

Nay · 41

Not voting · 3

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3

Passed 5–3 Mar 11, 2026 official source full page

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

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 10, Noes 3

Passed 10–3 Mar 11, 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. Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Green and Knodl; cosponsored by Senator Tomczyk

  2. Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 8, Noes 2

  7. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:40 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  9. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  10. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 55, Noes 41

  13. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

  16. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Feb 25, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Revenue

  18. Mar 10, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  19. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  20. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  21. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  22. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  23. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  24. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 10, Noes 3

  25. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  26. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1