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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 84

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Relating to: exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee. (FE)

Family Legislature — Tax exemptions joint survey committee on Real estate transfer fee

  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 exempts conveyances of real estate interests between grandparent and grandchild for nominal consideration from the real estate transfer fee. Subject to various exemptions, current law generally requires a person who conveys an interest in real estate to file a real estate transfer return with the county register of deeds and pay a real estate transfer fee equal to 30 cents for each $100 of the value of the conveyance.

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: Marklein (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wimberger (R)

20 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Franklin (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , McCarville (D) , Melotik (R) , Miresse (D) , Moses (R) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Penterman and Stubbs , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Tusler (R)

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 Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 May 9, 2025 official source full page

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

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

Passed 9–0 May 28, 2025 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. Feb 26, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wimberger, Marklein and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Franklin, Armstrong, Behnke, Dittrich, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Melotik, Nedweski, Tusler and Sinicki

  2. Feb 26, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry

  3. Mar 3, 2025 · Senate

    Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 10, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 24, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor

  6. Apr 17, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Apr 30, 2025 · Senate

    Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor

  8. May 6, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Moses added as a cosponsor

  9. May 9, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. May 9, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  11. May 9, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  12. May 13, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  13. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor

  14. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  16. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up

  17. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  19. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  20. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. May 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  22. May 22, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  23. May 22, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions

  24. May 27, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor

  25. May 28, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions

  26. May 28, 2025 · Assembly

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

  27. Oct 3, 2025 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 10-7-2025

  28. Oct 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor

  29. Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Representatives Penterman and Stubbs added as cosponsors

  30. Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  31. Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  32. Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  33. Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  34. Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  35. Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  36. Oct 7, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  37. Oct 9, 2025 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  38. Oct 30, 2025 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 10-30-2025

  39. Nov 3, 2025 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 10-31-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 38

  40. Nov 3, 2025 · Senate

    Published 11-1-2025

  41. Mar 25, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor