AB 5432025 to 2026
bill
2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill
AB 543
Relating to: the sales tax exemption for memberships sold to real estate brokers. (FE)
Enacted Last action March 20, 2026: Published 3-21-2026
Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov
Sponsors 1
- Prime sponsor
- Steffen
Status
Enacted as of March 20, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.
Referred to: Assembly Rules, Assembly Ways and Means, Joint Finance, Joint Tax Exemptions Survey, Senate Organization (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 0
No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.
Timeline 35
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2026 | Assembly | Published 3-21-2026 |
| March 20, 2026 | Assembly | Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 108 |
| March 18, 2026 | Assembly | Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2026 |
| January 23, 2026 | Assembly | Report correctly enrolled on 1-23-2026 |
| January 22, 2026 | Assembly | Received from Senate concurred in |
| January 21, 2026 | Senate | Ordered immediately messaged |
| January 21, 2026 | Senate | Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 0 |
| January 21, 2026 | Senate | Rules suspended to give bill its third reading |
| January 21, 2026 | Senate | Ordered to a third reading |
| January 21, 2026 | Senate | Read a second time |
| January 21, 2026 | Senate | Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a cosponsor |
| January 16, 2026 | Senate | Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) |
| January 16, 2026 | Senate | Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 |
| January 14, 2026 | Senate | Available for scheduling |
| January 14, 2026 | Senate | Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization |
| January 14, 2026 | Senate | Received from Assembly |
| January 13, 2026 | Assembly | Ordered immediately messaged |
| January 13, 2026 | Assembly | Read a third time and passed, Ayes 92, Noes 7 |
| January 13, 2026 | Assembly | Rules suspended |
| January 13, 2026 | Assembly | Ordered to a third reading |
| January 13, 2026 | Assembly | Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up |
| January 13, 2026 | Assembly | Referred to joint committee on Finance |
| January 13, 2026 | Assembly | Read a second time |
| January 12, 2026 | Assembly | Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0 |
| January 12, 2026 | Assembly | Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions |
| January 8, 2026 | Assembly | Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules |
| January 8, 2026 | Assembly | Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4) |
| November 20, 2025 | Assembly | Referred to committee on Rules |
| November 20, 2025 | Assembly | Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0 |
| November 12, 2025 | Assembly | Executive action taken |
| November 5, 2025 | Assembly | Representative Penterman added as a coauthor |
| November 5, 2025 | Assembly | Public hearing held |
| November 4, 2025 | Assembly | Fiscal estimate received |
| October 15, 2025 | Assembly | Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means |
| October 15, 2025 | Assembly | Introduced by Representative Steffen; cosponsored by Senator Bradley |
Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.