Senate Bill 425
An annual back-to-school sales tax holiday and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: County: Finance, Legislature: Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, Municipality: Finance, Revenue, Department of, Sales tax, School: Supplies
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.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 12, 2025
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 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 423. That version died when the session ended.
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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
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Author
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates an annual back-to-school sales tax holiday for the three-day period beginning on the first Friday in August and ending on the following Sunday. During that period, clothing having a sales price of no more than $150 and school supplies having a sales price of no more than $100 are exempt from the sales and use tax. The bill also requires the Department of Revenue to annually estimate the amount that sales and use tax receipts by counties and municipalities that impose a sales and use tax decrease due to the back-to-school sales tax holiday, and DOR must annually distribute those amounts to the counties and municipalities.
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 senators are its . All 9 are Democrats.
20 more lawmakers .
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Authors (9)
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Jamie Wall · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (20)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Tara Johnson · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Spaude · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 14, 2025 to Mar 19, 2026
2 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Oct 3, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 12, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue.
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Sep 12, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 12, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Pfaff, Keyeski, Wall, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, Ratcliff, L. Johnson and Habush Sinykin; cosponsored by Representatives J. Jacobson, Brown, Spaude, Palmeri, Goodwin, Udell, Fitzgerald, Miresse, Snodgrass, Joers, Subeck, DeSmidt, Roe, Johnson, Clancy, Ortiz-Velez and Anderson
- Sep 12, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue
- Oct 3, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 14, 2025 · Senate
Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor
- Oct 28, 2025 · Senate
Representative Sheehan added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Senator Smith added as a coauthor
- 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.
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
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