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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 654: Relating to: exempting persons engaged in certain contract research services from the sales and use tax. (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 654 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on November 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: exempting persons engaged in certain contract research services from the sales and use tax. (FE). Primary sponsor: Howard Marklein (Republican). It lists 3 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): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Howard MarkleinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Dave ArmstrongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4

“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. Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0
  3. Available for scheduling
  4. Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
  5. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
  6. Executive action taken
  7. Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
  8. Available for scheduling
  9. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 1
  10. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0
  11. Executive action taken
  12. Public hearing held

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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