WI SB 237
deadRelating to: a sales and use tax exemption for equipment associated with the use of a search and rescue dog. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did WI SB 237 pass?
No. WI SB 237 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-23). Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
What is WI SB 237 about?
WI SB 237 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for equipment associated with the use of a search and rescue dog. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI SB 237?
Wanggaard, Nass, James are the primary sponsors of WI SB 237.
- Introduced
- 2025-05-09
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Wanggaardprimary
- Nassprimary
- Jamesprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-05-09
Introduced by Senators James, Nass and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Green, Andraca, Behnke, Melotik, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor and Subeck
introduction
2025-05-09
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-12
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-05-27
Public hearing held
2025-06-10
Representative Stroud added as a cosponsor
2025-06-24
Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor
2025-10-23
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions requested
2025-11-11
Executive action taken
2025-11-11
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-11
Available for scheduling
2025-11-11
Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
referral-committee
2025-11-12
Executive action taken
2025-11-12
Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 1
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-12
Available for scheduling
2025-11-12
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0
receipt
2025-11-19
Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor
2026-03-23
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
failure
Versions
Documents
- text/html
- application/pdf
- text/html(no extracted text yet)
- text/html
- text/html
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
- text/html
- text/html
- application/pdf
- text/html
Votes
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1
2025-11-11 · pass · 7-1
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0
2025-11-12 · pass · 9-0
Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 1
2025-11-12 · pass · 13-1
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:37:42.962855Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=WI&identifier=SB 237. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
- Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.