Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 13 R cosponsors

AB 29 — Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for precious metal bullion. (FE)

Last action — Published 3-22-2024

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Tony Evers (Democratic) on March 21, 2024.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 16 sponsors

    16 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (13 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Published 3-22-2024

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 3-21-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 149

  3. Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 3-15-2024

  5. LRB correction

  6. Received from Senate concurred in

  7. Ordered immediately messaged

  8. Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 23, Noes 9

  9. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  10. Ordered to a third reading

  11. Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate, Ayes 22, Noes 10

  12. Point of order that Senate Amendment 2 was not germane well taken

  13. Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate, Ayes 22, Noes 10

  14. Point of order that Senate Amendment 1 was not germane well taken

  15. Read a second time

  16. Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Roys, Agard, Hesselbein, Smith, Larson, L. Johnson, Spreitzer, Pfaff, Wirch and Carpenter

  17. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Carpenter, Wirch, Agard, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Smith and Spreitzer

  18. Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  19. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  20. Available for scheduling

  21. Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 2

  22. Executive action taken

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

  24. Available for scheduling

  25. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  26. Received from Assembly

  27. Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 86, Noes 12

  29. Rules suspended

  30. Ordered to a third reading

  31. Read a second time

  32. Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 8, Noes 1

  33. Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions

  34. Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules

  35. Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to s. 13.52, Wisconsin Statutes

  36. Referred to committee on Rules

  37. Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 4

  38. Executive action taken

  39. Public hearing held

  40. Representative Summerfield added as a coauthor

  41. Representative Maxey added as a coauthor

  42. Fiscal estimate received

  43. Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  44. Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Schraa, Allen, Armstrong, Behnke, Bodden, Brooks, Gustafson, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Penterman, Petersen, Rettinger, Tittl and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Cabral-Guevara, Felzkowski, Feyen, Nass, Quinn and Spreitzer

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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16 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 116 not signed on · 16 voted No

Sponsors (16)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (116)

116 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 22 Yea · 10 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3200
Republican 19000
Democrat 0800
Total 221000
% of votes cast 69%31%0%0%
How each member voted (32)
Member Party Vote
BALLWEG — Yea
STROEBEL — Yea
COWLES — Yea
AGARD — Nay
JOHNSON — Nay
Carpenter, Tim Democrat Nay
Hesselbein, Dianne Democrat Nay
Larson, Chris Democrat Nay
Pfaff, Brad Democrat Nay
Roys, Kelda Democrat Nay
Smith, Jeff Democrat Nay
Spreitzer, Mark Democrat Nay
Wirch, Robert Democrat Nay
Bradley, Julian Republican Yea
Cabral-Guevara, Rachael Republican Yea
Felzkowski, Mary Republican Yea
Feyen, Dan Republican Yea
Hutton, Rob Republican Yea
Jacque, André Republican Yea
Jagler, John Republican Yea
James, Jesse Republican Yea
Kapenga, Chris Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
LeMahieu, Devin Republican Yea
Marklein, Howard Republican Yea
Nass, Steve Republican Yea
Quinn, Romaine Republican Yea
Stafsholt, Rob Republican Yea
Testin, Patrick Republican Yea
Tomczyk, Cory Republican Yea
Wanggaard, Van Republican Yea
Wimberger, Eric Republican Yea

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CONCURRENCE

Passed 23 Yea · 9 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 2300
Republican 19000
Democrat 2600
Total 23900
% of votes cast 72%28%0%0%
How each member voted (32)
Member Party Vote
BALLWEG — Yea
STROEBEL — Yea
AGARD — Nay
JOHNSON — Nay
COWLES — Nay
Carpenter, Tim Democrat Nay
Hesselbein, Dianne Democrat Nay
Larson, Chris Democrat Nay
Pfaff, Brad Democrat Yea
Roys, Kelda Democrat Nay
Smith, Jeff Democrat Nay
Spreitzer, Mark Democrat Yea
Wirch, Robert Democrat Nay
Bradley, Julian Republican Yea
Cabral-Guevara, Rachael Republican Yea
Felzkowski, Mary Republican Yea
Feyen, Dan Republican Yea
Hutton, Rob Republican Yea
Jacque, André Republican Yea
Jagler, John Republican Yea
James, Jesse Republican Yea
Kapenga, Chris Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
LeMahieu, Devin Republican Yea
Marklein, Howard Republican Yea
Nass, Steve Republican Yea
Quinn, Romaine Republican Yea
Stafsholt, Rob Republican Yea
Testin, Patrick Republican Yea
Tomczyk, Cory Republican Yea
Wanggaard, Van Republican Yea
Wimberger, Eric Republican Yea

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PASSAGE

Passed 86 Yea · 12 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 45000
Democrat 17700
Unaffiliated 24500
Total 861200
% of votes cast 88%12%0%0%
How each member voted (98)
Member Party Vote
BALDEH — Yea
BINSFELD — Yea
BODDEN — Yea
BRANDTJEN — Yea
CABRERA — Yea
CONLEY — Nay
CONSIDINE — Nay
EDMING — Yea
GOYKE — Yea
JOHNSON — Yea
KATSMA — Yea
MACCO — Yea
MAGNAFICI — Yea
MICHALSKI — Yea
OHNSTAD — Nay
OLDENBURG — Yea
PETRYK — Yea
PLUMER — Yea
RETTINGER — Yea
RIEMER — Nay
ROZAR — Yea
SAPIK — Yea
SCHMIDT — Yea
SCHRAA — Yea
SCHUTT — Yea
SHANKLAND — Yea
SHELTON — Yea
SPEAKER — Yea
ANDERSON, J — Nay
Anderson, Clinton Democrat Yea
Andraca, Deb Democrat Nay
Bare, Mike Democrat Yea
Billings, Jill Democrat Yea
Clancy, Ryan Democrat Yea
Doyle, Steve Democrat Yea
Drake, Dora Democrat Nay
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Yea
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Nay
Hong, Francesca Democrat Nay
Jacobson, Jenna Democrat Yea
Joers, Alex Democrat Yea
Madison, Darrin Democrat Yea
McGuire, Tip Democrat Yea
Moore Omokunde, Supreme Democrat Nay
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Yea
Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia Democrat Yea
Palmeri, Lori Democrat Yea
Ratcliff, Melissa Democrat Yea
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Nay
Snodgrass, Lee Democrat Yea
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Yea
Subeck, Lisa Democrat Yea
Vining, Robyn Democrat Nay
Allen, Scott Republican Yea
Armstrong, David Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Behnke, Elijah Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Callahan, Calvin Republican Yea
Dallman, Alex Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Donovan, Bob Republican Yea
Duchow, Cindi Republican Yea
Goeben, Joy Republican Yea
Green, Chanz Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
Gustafson, Nate Republican Yea
Hurd, Karen Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Maxey, Dave Republican Yea
Melotik, Paul Republican Yea
Moses, Clint Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Yea
Nedweski, Amanda Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
O'Connor, Jerry Republican Yea
Penterman, William Republican Yea
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Snyder, Patrick Republican Yea
Sortwell, Shae Republican Yea
Spiros, John Republican Yea
Steffen, David Republican Yea
Summerfield, Rob Republican Yea
Swearingen, Rob Republican Yea
Tittl, Paul Republican Yea
Tranel, Travis Republican Yea
Tusler, Ron Republican Yea
VanderMeer, Nancy Republican Yea
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea
Zimmerman, Shannon Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 29?
AB 29 is sponsored by Sortwell, Shae (Republican), Schraa, Allen, Scott (Republican), Armstrong, David (Republican), Behnke, Elijah (Republican), Bodden, Brooks, Robert (Republican), Gustafson, Nate (Republican), Moses, Clint (Republican), Murphy, David (Republican), Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), Penterman, William (Republican), Petersen, Kevin (Republican), Rettinger, Tittl, Paul (Republican), and Tusler, Ron (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 29?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2023. Enacted.
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