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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 185: Relating to: property tax exemption for nonprofit theaters. (FE)

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 185 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on April 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: property tax exemption for nonprofit theaters. (FE). Primary sponsor: André Jacque (Republican), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Republican 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
André JacquePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Jill BillingsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Cindi DuchowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Joel KitchensCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Paul MelotikCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Amaad Rivera-WagnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Joe SheehanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Travis TranelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse49

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor
  3. Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0
  4. Available for scheduling
  5. Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0
  6. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0
  7. Executive action taken
  8. Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
  9. Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions requested
  10. Available for scheduling
  11. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 1
  12. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 1

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source