WI AB 38
in committeeRelating to: an income tax exemption for cash tips paid to an employee. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did WI AB 38 pass?
Not yet. WI AB 38 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
What is WI AB 38 about?
WI AB 38 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: an income tax exemption for cash tips paid to an employee. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI AB 38?
Wichgers, Tranel, Tittl and 9 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 38, joined by 8 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-17
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Wichgersprimary
- Tranelprimary
- Tittlprimary
- Piwowarczykprimary
- Pentermanprimary
- Mursauprimary
- Maxeyprimary
- Kreibichprimary
- Gundrumprimary
- Greenprimary
- Behnkeprimary
- Tuslerprimary
- Jacquecosponsor
- Bradleycosponsor
- Huttoncosponsor
- Cabral-Guevaracosponsor
- Feyencosponsor
- Nasscosponsor
- Quinncosponsor
- Tomczykcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-23
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
amendment-failure
2026-01-16
Available for scheduling
2026-01-16
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-16
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-01-15
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-01-15
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 61, Noes 33, Paired 2
passage,reading-3
2026-01-15
Rules suspended
2026-01-15
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-01-15
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted
amendment-passage
2026-01-15
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 52, Noes 42
amendment-deferral,deferral
2026-01-15
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Clancy
amendment-introduction
2026-01-15
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-01-14
Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
2026-01-14
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Tusler
amendment-introduction
2026-01-13
Placed on calendar 1-15-2026 by Committee on Rules
2025-11-11
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received
receipt
2025-11-11
Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
2025-11-07
Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4)
referral-committee
2025-09-15
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-09-15
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-15
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-04
Executive action taken
2025-08-21
Public hearing held
2025-08-18
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tusler
amendment-introduction
2025-07-02
Representative Melotik added as a coauthor
2025-02-28
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-02-18
Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor
2025-02-17
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-17
Introduced by Representatives Tusler, Behnke, Green, Gundrum, Kreibich, Maxey, Mursau, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Tittl, Tranel and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Bradley, Hutton, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Nass, Quinn and Tomczyk
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Votes
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2025-09-15 · pass · 10-0
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 2
2025-09-15 · pass · 8-2
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 52, Noes 42
2026-01-15 · pass · 52-42
PASSAGE
2026-01-15 · pass · 61-33
Member-level votes (94)
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: no
- ANDRACA: no
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: no
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: no
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: yes
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: no
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: no
- CRUZ: no
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: no
- DESMIDT: yes
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: yes
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: yes
- FITZGERALD: no
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: no
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: no
- HONG: no
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: no
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: yes
- JOERS: no
- JOHNSON: yes
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: no
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: no
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: no
- MCCARVILLE: no
- MCGUIRE: no
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: yes
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: no
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: no
- PALMERI: no
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: no
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: no
- SHEEHAN: yes
- SINICKI: no
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPAUDE: yes
- SPIROS: yes
- STROUD: no
- STUBBS: no
- SUBECK: no
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TAYLOR: no
- TENORIO: no
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: no
- VANDERMEER: yes
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
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