Bills by subject

Capital gains tax

12 bills and resolutions. 2 became law and 7 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 17 Creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped. Last action Mar 23, 2026
SB 21 Creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 40 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law. Last action Aug 2, 2012
AB 6 Restoring the treatment of the exclusion of capital gains for individuals and certain other persons that existed before the enactment of 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, and phasing out the taxation of capital gains.
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2012
AB 85 Restoring the treatment of the exclusion of capital gains for individuals and certain other persons that existed before the enactment of 2009 Wisconsin Act 28.
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2012

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 2

Mar 23, 2026
AB 17: Creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 21: Creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 6

2009–10 session: 4

Apr 28, 2010
AB 38: Excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business.
Stopped in committee.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 866: Restoring the treatment of the exclusion of capital gains for individuals and certain other persons that existed before the enactment of 2009 Wisconsin Act 28.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 28: Excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business.
Stopped in committee.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject