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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 114

Sales and use tax exemption for diapers and feminine hygiene products. (FE)

Topics: Legislature: Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, Sales tax: Exemption

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. 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

    Mar 7, 2025

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue. The committee's chair at the time was Patrick Testin. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 177. 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 creates a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of diapers and feminine hygiene products.

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

8 senators are its ⁠. 6 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.

26 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 34 names

Authors (8)

Signed on in support (26)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 14, 2025 to Mar 19, 2026

    6 more representatives and 3 senators signed on in support.

  3. Mar 25, 2025

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Mar 18, 2025

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  5. Mar 7, 2025

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue.

  6. Mar 7, 2025

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 7, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jacque, Tomczyk, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Spreitzer and Wall; cosponsored by Representatives Brill, Krug, Brown, J. Jacobson, Miresse, Mursau, Palmeri, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Snyder, Stroud, Subeck, Tusler, Wichgers, Behnke and Udell

  2. Mar 7, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue

  3. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 25, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 14, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Joers added as a cosponsor

  6. Apr 30, 2025 · Senate

    Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor

  7. Dec 11, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Mayadev added as a cosponsor

  8. Dec 15, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  9. Jan 2, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor

  10. Jan 15, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  11. Feb 5, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Bradley added as a coauthor

  12. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Smith added as a coauthor

  13. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  14. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    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

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