Bill Tracking
The Wisconsin Auctioneers Association actively advocates for the auction industry through grassroots lobbying and a WAA legislative fund. From professional licensing and small business regulations to changing real estate and tax laws, the issues impacting the auction industry are many. Led by the Legislative Committee, the WAA’s efforts focus on proactively identifying, prioritizing, and acting upon state issues that affect the way our members do business. Member engagement and donations are key to the success of WAA advocacy efforts.
| Date | Topic | Sponsored | Bill Name | Bill Excerpt | Bill Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/27/23 | Firearms | Andraca | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 718 | Current law provides that, before a federally licensed firearms dealer may transfer a handgun after a sale, the dealer must request that the Department of Justice perform a background check on the prospective purchaser to determine if the purchaser is prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law. This bill prohibits the dealer from transferring the handgun to the purchaser until 48 hours have passed since the firearms dealer requested the background check on the purchaser. | Bill Text |
| 12/06/23 | Firearms | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 763 | This bill requires a person who commercially sells or transfers a firearm to provide the purchaser or transferee with either a secure, lockable container that is designed to store a firearm or a trigger lock for the firearm. A seller or transferor who violates this requirement is subject to a fine of up to $500 or imprisonment for up to 30 days, or both. Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report. | Bill Text | |
| 12/08/23 | Firearms | Andraca, Bare, Cabrera, Conley | 2023 SENATE BILL 764 | This bill requires that a retail business that sells firearms must secure all firearms when the business is unattended. Under the bill, the firearms must be secured in one of the following ways: in a locked fireproof safe, locked steel gun cabinet, or vault; in a steel-framed display case with specified reinforcements; with a hardened steel rod or cable; in a windowless, internal room that is equipped with a steel security door; or behind a steel roll-down door or security gate. | Bill Text |
| 02/10/2023 | Sales Tax | Allen, Armstrong, Behnke | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 29 | This bill creates a sales and use tax exemption for precious metal bullion. The bill defines “precious metal bullion” as coins, bars, rounds, or sheets that contain at least 35 percent gold, silver, copper, platinum, or palladium. Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill. For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill. | Bill Text |
| Licensing | Allen | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 332 | This bill expands provisions allowing individuals who hold a license, certification, registration, or permit that was granted by another state to apply for and receive a reciprocal credential in this state. | Bill Text | |
| 06/29/2023 | Firearms | 2023 SENATE BILL 353 | This bill creates a sales and use tax exemption for sales of gun safes, trigger locks, and gun barrel locks. Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill. | Bill Text | |
| Real Estate | 2023 SENATE BILL 351 | This bill creates a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of a membership to a licensed real estate broker who, pursuant to the membership agreement, offers to compensate and cooperate with other real estate brokers in brokering sales of properties. | Bill Text | ||
| 05/17/2023 | Real Estate | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 277 | This bill decreases the real estate transfer fee from 30 cents to 20 cents for each $100 of the value of the conveyance. Under the bill, the county retains 30 percent of the fees collected in 2023 and 2024, 40 percent of the fees collected in 2025, and 50 percent of the fees collected in 2026 and each year thereafter. | Bill Text | |
| 02/06/2023 | Personal Property Tax | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 2 | Under the bill, beginning with the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2023, no items of personal property will be subject to the property tax. The bill also makes a number of technical changes related to the repeal of the personal property tax, such as providing a process whereby manufacturing establishments located in this state that do not own real property in this state may continue to claim the manufacturing income tax credit. | Bill Text | |
| 04/20/2023 | Licensing | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 204 | The bill revises each two-year renewal period in the health and business professions to four-year renewal periods. | Bill Text |