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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 21: Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (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 21 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE). Primary sponsor: Jesse James (Republican), Chris Larson (Democratic), Cory Tomczyk (Republican). It lists 23 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 13 · Republican 13

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jesse JamesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Cory TomczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Clint AndersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Angelina CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse62
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Ben FranklinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Joy GoebenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Russell GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Francesca HongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Andrew HysellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Dean KaufertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Dave MaxeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Priscilla PradoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Shae SortwellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Angela StroudCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Ron TuslerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Randy UdellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Chuck WichgersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84

“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. Public hearing held
  3. Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
  4. Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
  5. Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
  6. Representative Bare added as a cosponsor
  7. Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
  8. Representative Joers added as a cosponsor
  9. Representatives Fitzgerald and Roe added as cosponsors
  10. Fiscal estimate received
  11. Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue
  12. Introduced by Senators James, Larson and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, Franklin, Kaufert, Madison, Anderson, Clancy, Cruz, DeSmidt, Goeben, Goodwin, Gundrum, Hong, Hysell, Kreibich, Maxey, Miresse, Novak, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Stroud, Tusler, Udell and Wichgers

Sources

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