---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: due dates for filing income and franchise tax returns, paying estimated income and franchise tax installment payments, and filing withholding tax returns. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: due dates for filing income and franchise tax returns, paying estimated income and franchise tax installment payments, and filing withholding tax returns. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 2 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Kapenga", "LeMahieu", "Marklein", "Ringhand"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eb14670-ecf3-476d-a458-1f6c23eb1508"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb2"
source_hash: "d890f03e90811564c55d3e096e4f0e9ad5601a09e06ef380087b789cc1d8ed80"
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 SB 2 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: due dates for filing income and franchise tax returns, paying estimated income and franchise tax installment payments, and filing withholding tax returns. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/SB2)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 4, Noes 0 — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 98, Noes 0 — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 4, Noes 0 — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0 — **32–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Kapenga — primary (person)
- LeMahieu — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, Kapenga, LeMahieu, Cowles and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Kooyenga, Steffen, Tittl, Bernier, Horlacher and Katsma `introduction`
- **2017-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues
- **2017-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Petryk added as a cosponsor
- **2017-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Hutton added as a cosponsor
- **2017-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Spiros, Macco and Knodl added as cosponsors
- **2017-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2017-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 4, Noes 0
- **2017-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 4, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-8-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-7-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 98, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-8-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-9-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 2 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-10-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3eb14670-ecf3-476d-a458-1f6c23eb1508`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).