Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 439

Relating to: levy increase limit for the village of Oregon and the towns of Oregon and Rutland. (FE)

Dane county Property tax Revenue department of

Introduced, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill provides that for the village of Oregon and the towns of Oregon and Rutland in Dane County, the base amount to which the 2026 levy increase limit applies is the actual levy for 2025. The bill specifies that this amount includes amounts levied in 2025 to pay for costs associated with a joint fire department or joint emergency medical services district regardless of whether those costs were properly included in the levy. The bill also provides that the levy increase limit for 2026 is not reduced to reflect any decrease in debt service in 2026 for debt related to a joint fire department or joint emergency medical services district.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Fiscal Estimate From DOR

Registered lobbying interests · 4

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

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Nov 6, 2025 official source full page

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

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 33–0 Nov 18, 2025 official source full page

Aye · 33

Assembly: CONCURRENCE

Passed 96–0 Feb 19, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 96

Not voting · 3

Full history

Sep 29, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Marklein and Ratcliff; cosponsored by Representatives J. Jacobson and Udell
Sep 29, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue
Oct 2, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
Oct 7, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held
Nov 6, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken
Nov 6, 2025 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0
Nov 6, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
Nov 14, 2025 · Senate
Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a second time
Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0
Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Placed on the foot of the 10th order of business on the calendar of 11-18-2025
Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Received from Senate
Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 9:34 PM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 15
Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Read a second time
Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Referred to joint committee on Finance
Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up
Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Rules suspended
Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 96, Noes 0
Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
Feb 23, 2026 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
Feb 24, 2026 · Senate
LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
Feb 24, 2026 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
Mar 5, 2026 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 3-5-2026
Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 3-6-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 91
Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Published 3-7-2026