WI SB 36
deadRelating to: an income tax exemption for cash tips paid to an employee. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did WI SB 36 pass?
No. WI SB 36 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-05-13). Latest recorded action (2026-05-13): Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
What is WI SB 36 about?
WI SB 36 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 SB 36?
Tomczyk, Quinn, Nass and 5 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 36.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-12
- Latest action
- 2026-05-13 — Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Tomczykprimary
- Quinnprimary
- Nassprimary
- Feyenprimary
- Cabral-Guevaraprimary
- Huttonprimary
- Bradleyprimary
- Jacqueprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-12
Introduced by Senators Jacque, Bradley, Hutton, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Nass, Quinn and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Behnke, Green, Gundrum, Kreibich, Maxey, Mursau, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Tittl, Tranel and Wichgers
introduction
2025-02-12
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-18
Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor
2025-02-28
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-05-21
Public hearing held
2025-06-09
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque
amendment-introduction
2025-07-02
Representative Melotik added as a cosponsor
2025-08-07
Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senator Jacque
amendment-introduction
2025-08-18
Senate Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Senator Jacque
amendment-introduction
2025-09-03
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-09-18
Executive action taken
2025-09-19
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 3 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 6, Noes 2
amendment-passage
2025-09-19
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3
committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-19
Available for scheduling
2025-10-23
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions requested
2025-11-12
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 5, Noes 4
receipt
2026-01-13
Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
referral-committee
2026-01-14
Executive action taken
2026-01-14
Report introduction of Senate Substitute Amendment 4 by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0
2026-01-14
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 4 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 4
amendment-passage
2026-01-14
Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 4
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-14
Available for scheduling
2026-01-15
Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
2026-01-16
Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-01-21
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 4 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Wall and Wirch
amendment-introduction
2026-01-21
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-01-21
Point of order that Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 4 was not germane well taken
2026-01-21
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate, Ayes 18, Noes 15
2026-01-21
Senate Substitute Amendment 4 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2026-01-21
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-01-21
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-01-21
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 21, Noes 12
passage,reading-3
2026-01-21
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-01-22
Received from Senate
receipt
2026-02-19
Read
2026-02-19
Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
2026-02-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-19
Rules suspended
2026-02-19
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 60, Noes 31
passage,reading-3
2026-02-19
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-23
Received from Assembly concurred in
receipt
2026-02-25
Report correctly enrolled
enrolled
2026-04-02
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
executive-receipt
2026-04-06
Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-3-2026
executive-veto
2026-05-12
Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
2026-05-13
Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
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Votes
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3
2025-09-19 · pass · 5-3
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 3 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 6, Noes 2
2025-09-19 · pass · 6-2
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 5, Noes 4
2025-11-12 · pass · 5-4
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 4 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 4
2026-01-14 · pass · 12-4
Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 4
2026-01-14 · pass · 12-4
Report introduction of Senate Substitute Amendment 4 by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0
2026-01-14 · pass · 16-0
SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND
2026-01-21 · pass · 18-15
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- QUINN: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JAMES: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- NASS: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- CARPENTER: no
- JOHNSON: no
- ROYS: no
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: no
- KEYESKI: no
- SMITH: no
- DRAKE: no
- LARSON: no
- SPREITZER: no
- HABUSH SINYKIN: no
- PFAFF: no
- WALL: no
- HESSELBEIN: no
- RATCLIFF: no
- WIRCH: no
PASSAGE
2026-01-21 · pass · 21-12
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAMES: yes
- QUINN: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- KEYESKI: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WALL: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- NASS: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- PFAFF: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- CARPENTER: no
- HESSELBEIN: no
- ROYS: no
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: no
- JOHNSON: no
- SMITH: no
- DRAKE: no
- LARSON: no
- SPREITZER: no
- HABUSH SINYKIN: no
- RATCLIFF: no
- WIRCH: no
CONCURRENCE
2026-02-19 · pass · 60-31
Member-level votes (91)
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: no
- ANDRACA: no
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: no
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: no
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: no
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: yes
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CRUZ: no
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: no
- DESMIDT: yes
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DUCHOW: yes
- FITZGERALD: no
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: no
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: no
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: yes
- JOERS: no
- JOHNSON: no
- 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: yes
- PALMERI: yes
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: no
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: no
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: no
- SHEEHAN: no
- SINICKI: no
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: no
- STUBBS: no
- SUBECK: no
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TAYLOR: no
- TENORIO: no
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: no
- VANDERMEER: yes
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
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