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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 96

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Relating to: exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax. (FE)

Housing Legislature — Tax exemptions joint survey committee on Motor vehicle Sales tax — Exemption

  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 from the electric vehicle charging tax electricity delivered or placed by any charger of an electric vehicle charging station located at a residence. Generally under current law, beginning on January 1, 2025, an electric vehicle charging tax is imposed at the rate of 3 cents per kilowatt-hour on electricity delivered or placed by certain electric vehicle charging stations. Current law exempts electricity delivered or placed by a residential Level 3 charger of an electric vehicle charging station from the tax. The bill also makes several technical changes involving the administration of the electric vehicle charging 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: Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Marklein (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Testin (R)

13 cosponsors

Clancy (D) , Dittrich (R) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , McCarville (D) , Melotik (R) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Udell (D) , VanderMeer (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 16

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 Utilities and Tourism, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 May 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 May 15, 2025 official source full page

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.

Assembly: CONCURRENCE

Passed 96–0 Jan 15, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 96

Not voting · 3

Full history

  1. Mar 7, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Marklein, Testin, Dassler-Alfheim and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Dittrich, Clancy, Melotik and Udell

  2. Mar 7, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Tourism

  3. Mar 12, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 19, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 15, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor

  6. Apr 21, 2025 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  7. Apr 30, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Apr 30, 2025 · Senate

    Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor

  9. May 6, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. May 6, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  11. May 6, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Utilities and Tourism, 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

    Read a second time

  14. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  15. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up

  16. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  18. May 15, 2025 · Senate

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

  19. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. May 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  21. May 22, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  22. May 22, 2025 · Assembly

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

  23. May 27, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor

  24. May 28, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions

  25. May 28, 2025 · Assembly

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

  26. Jul 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Joers added as a cosponsor

  27. Jan 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Madison added as a cosponsor

  28. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-15-2026 by Committee on Rules

  29. Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor

  30. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  31. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  32. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  33. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  34. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 96, Noes 0

  35. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  36. Jan 16, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  37. Jan 20, 2026 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  38. Apr 2, 2026 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  39. Apr 9, 2026 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 211

  40. Apr 9, 2026 · Senate

    Published 4-9-2026