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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 706

The sales and use tax exemption for personal farm property or household goods sold by auction on the Internet. (FE)

Topics: Auction, Farm and farming, Personal property, Sales tax: Exemption

Stopped before the full Senate voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. 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

    Dec 2, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.

  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 ⁠”

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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 712. 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.

Current law provides a sales and use tax exemption for five or fewer auctions for the sale of personal farm property or household goods that are held by the same auctioneer at the same location during the year. This bill provides that the exemption applies to five or fewer auction events that are the sale of such property or goods held by the same auctioneer at the same location during the year. Under the bill, an auction event is the total number of consecutive days for which property at that location is available for bidding. With respect to an auction for which all or some of the bids may be submitted over the Internet, an auction event is the total number of consecutive days that winning bids are selected, regardless of whether the property being sold is at multiple locations.

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

2 senators are its ⁠. All 2 are Republicans.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 9 names

Authors (2)

Signed on in support (7)

What it would cost

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

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue vote to recommend it

Passed, 8 to 0 · Feb 3, 2026

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 3, 2026

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  3. Feb 3, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 0.

  4. Jan 28, 2026

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Dec 22, 2025

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Dec 2, 2025

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue.

  7. Dec 2, 2025

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 2, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Quinn and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Kreibich, Knodl, Murphy, Mursau, Novak and Penterman

  2. Dec 2, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue

  3. Dec 22, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 28, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

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

  7. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

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

  9. 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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. 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.

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote