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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 576

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Relating to: a property tax exemption for prefabricated recreational structures. (FE)

Administration department of — Budget and fiscal issues Legislature — Tax exemptions joint survey committee on Property tax — Exemption Recreation

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates a property tax exemption for prefabricated structures originally designed to be towed by a motor vehicle and used primarily as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal purposes, including accessory decks, sheds, and porches. To claim the exemption, the prefabricated structures must be located in a licensed campground on land that is not owned by the owner of the structures.

The bill also requires the Department of Administration to make aid payments to taxing jurisdictions to compensate them for the loss of property tax revenue due to the property tax exemption for prefabricated structures described above. Under current law, DOA makes payments to taxing jurisdictions to compensate them for the loss of property tax revenue due to the repeal of the personal property tax.

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: Bradley (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Jacque (R)

13 cosponsors

Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Kaufert (R) , Knodl (R) , Kurtz (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Petersen (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tucker (R) , Wichgers (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

Senate: Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jan 12, 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 adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 13, 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 passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 13, 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 passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 3, 2026 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 Feb 11, 2026 official source full page

Assembly: CONCURRENCE

Passed 99–0 Feb 18, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 99

Full history

  1. Oct 24, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Bradley and Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Petersen, Tucker, Behnke, Dittrich, Doyle, Kaufert, Knodl, Kurtz, O'Connor, Rodriguez, Wichgers and Swearingen

  2. Oct 24, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

  3. Nov 12, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Dec 4, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara

  5. Dec 9, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Jan 8, 2026 · Senate

    Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions requested

  7. Jan 12, 2026 · Senate

    Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  8. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  11. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  12. Jan 29, 2026 · Senate

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

  13. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  14. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  15. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  16. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  17. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  18. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  20. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  21. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  23. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  24. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor

  25. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:21 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13

  26. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  27. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  29. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 99, Noes 0

  30. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Feb 19, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  32. Feb 24, 2026 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  33. Mar 26, 2026 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2026

  34. Mar 27, 2026 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 117

  35. Mar 27, 2026 · Senate

    Published 3-28-2026