Wisconsin Senate Bill 21

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to amend 71.05 (6) (a) 15., 71.21 (4) (a), 71.26 (2) (a) 4., 71.34 (1k) (g) and 71.45 (2) (a) 10.; to create 71.05 (6) (b) 57., 71.07 (12), 71.10 (4) (em), 71.26 (2) (a) 13., 71.28 (12), 71.30 (3) (am), 71.45 (2) (a) 25., 71.47 (12), 71.49 (1) (am), 73.03 (78) and 73.03 (79) of the statutes; Relating to: 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)

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)

Sen. Jesse James [R]	Sen. Christopher Larson [D]	Sen. Cory Tomczyk [R]	Rep. Shae Sortwell [R]
Rep. Benjamin Franklin [R]	Rep. Dean Kaufert [R]	Rep. Darrin Madison [D]	Rep. Clinton Anderson [D]
Rep. Ryan Clancy [D]	Rep. Angelina Cruz [D]	Rep. Ben DeSmidt [D]	Rep. Joy Goeben [R]
Rep. Russell Goodwin [D]	Rep. Rick Gundrum [R]	Rep. Francesca Hong [D]	Rep. Andrew Hysell [D]
Rep. Rob Kreibich [R]	Rep. Dave Maxey [R]	Rep. Vinnie Miresse [D]	Rep. Todd Novak [R]
Rep. Jim Piwowarczyk [R]	Rep. Pricilla Prado [D]	Rep. Angela Stroud [D]	Rep. Ron Tusler [R]
Rep. Randy Udell [D]	Rep. Chuck Wichgers [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-01-08	Senate	Public hearing held
2025-12-10	Senate	Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
2025-06-27	Senate	Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
2025-06-24	Senate	Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
2025-06-10	Senate	Representative Bare added as a cosponsor
2025-05-13	Senate	Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
2025-04-23	Senate	Representative Joers added as a cosponsor
2025-04-14	Senate	Representatives Fitzgerald and Roe added as cosponsors
2025-02-19	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2025-02-05	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue
2025-02-05	Senate	Introduced

AB17 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb21
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB21.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB21-SSA1.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB21-SSA1-SA1.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB21-SSA1-SA2.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/sb21/sb21_dor.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/sb21/sb21_dor_u.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/agriculture_and_revenue/1988564.pdf