Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Wisconsin AB 38
Relating to: an income tax exemption for cash tips paid to an employee. (FE)
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Wichgers (Republican)
- Tranel (Republican)
- Tittl (Republican)
- Piwowarczyk (Republican)
- Penterman (Republican)
- Mursau (Republican)
- Maxey (Republican)
- Kreibich (Republican)
- Gundrum (Republican)
- Green (Republican)
- Behnke (Republican)
- Tusler (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Mar 23, 2026): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text versions
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2026 House | Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 52, Noes 42 | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
| Jan 15, 2026 House | PASSAGE | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
| Sep 15, 2025 House | Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
| Sep 15, 2025 House | Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 2 | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 - Jan 16, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling - Jan 16, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization - Jan 16, 2026 · Senate
Received from Assembly - Jan 15, 2026 · House
Ordered immediately messaged - Jan 15, 2026 · House
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 61, Noes 33, Paired 2 - Jan 15, 2026 · House
Rules suspended - Jan 15, 2026 · House
Ordered to a third reading - Jan 15, 2026 · House
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted - Jan 15, 2026 · House
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 52, Noes 42 - Jan 15, 2026 · House
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Clancy - Jan 15, 2026 · House
Read a second time - Jan 14, 2026 · House
Representative Steffen added as a coauthor - Jan 14, 2026 · House
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Tusler - Jan 13, 2026 · House
Placed on calendar 1-15-2026 by Committee on Rules - Nov 11, 2025 · House
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received - Nov 11, 2025 · House
Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions - Nov 7, 2025 · House
Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4) - Sep 15, 2025 · House
Referred to committee on Rules - Sep 15, 2025 · House
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 2 - Sep 15, 2025 · House
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0 - Sep 4, 2025 · House
Executive action taken - Aug 21, 2025 · House
Public hearing held - Aug 18, 2025 · House
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tusler - Jul 2, 2025 · House
Representative Melotik added as a coauthor - Feb 28, 2025 · House
Fiscal estimate received - Feb 18, 2025 · House
Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor - Feb 17, 2025 · House
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means - Feb 17, 2025 · House
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