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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: the sales tax exemption for memberships sold to real estate brokers. (FE)"
+description: "Relating to: the sales tax exemption for memberships sold to real estate brokers. (FE)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "AB 543"
+citation: "Wisconsin AB 543 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steffen"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-10-15T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c63a0f3-d33b-4dd8-ba16-2b479a758b55"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab543"
+source_hash: "c8e497c72bf4383a952e76f7364dc6b2cdc992e42dde1e64c67f5e815e50af7a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
+---
+
+# Wisconsin AB 543 (2025) — Relating to: the sales tax exemption for memberships sold to real estate brokers. (FE)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB543)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
+- CONCURRENCE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **92–7** (pass) · lower
+- Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steffen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-10-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representative Steffen; cosponsored by Senator Bradley `introduction`
+- **2025-10-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-04T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
+- **2025-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2025-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Penterman added as a coauthor
+- **2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (4) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
+- **2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
+- **2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `receipt`
+- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up
+- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 92, Noes 7 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
+- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
+- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a cosponsor
+- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
+- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
+- **2026-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 1-23-2026 `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 108 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-21-2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c63a0f3-d33b-4dd8-ba16-2b479a758b55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+