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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 812

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Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for sales of movie theater projectors. (FE)

Administrative rules Legislature — Tax exemptions joint survey committee on Revenue department of Sales tax — Exemption Sanitation and sewerage management Theater

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill exempts from the sales and use tax movie projectors sold to a movie theater. The bill also requires the Department of Revenue to determine when revenues from the sales and use tax have cumulatively decreased by $2,000,000 due to the exemption under the bill and to send notice of that date to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register. Under the bill, the tax exemption does not apply two years after the bill takes effect, or at the beginning of the third month after the date specified in DOR’s notice, whichever is earlier.

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: Habush Sinykin (D) , Keyeski (D) , Wanggaard (R)

11 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Dallman (R) , Donovan (R) , Krug (R) , Petersen (R) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Snyder (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Tranel (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 adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 1

Passed 7–1 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: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 1

Passed 7–1 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: Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Feb 10, 2026 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Jan 2, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Habush Sinykin and Keyeski; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Rivera-Wagner, Behnke, Donovan, Krug, Petersen, Snyder, Tranel and Dallman

  2. Jan 2, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue

  3. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 26, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  5. Jan 26, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  6. Jan 28, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 1

  9. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 1

  10. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Feb 4, 2026 · Senate

    Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions requested

  12. Feb 6, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor

  13. Feb 10, 2026 · Senate

    Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  14. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1