---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: eliminating obsolete statutory references regarding property, sales, and income taxes; the uniform unclaimed property act; and lottery games. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: eliminating obsolete statutory references regarding property, sales, and income taxes; the uniform unclaimed property act; and lottery games. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 742"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 742 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["August", "Shelton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad83f88e-93d4-4cf9-afc9-1b95701c8c40"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab742"
source_hash: "112bb09d59034bc8a77c95cfe95a79cc261496cdbc96ac86077b3c303ddb15f7"
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 742 (2023) — Relating to: eliminating obsolete statutory references regarding property, sales, and income taxes; the uniform unclaimed property act; and lottery games. (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/2023/REG/AB742)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 11, Noes 0 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- August — primary (person)
- Shelton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives August and Shelton; cosponsored by Senators Ballweg and Smith `introduction`
- **2023-12-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-12-18T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 11, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from joint committee on Finance and take up
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-29-2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-21-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 138 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-22-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad83f88e-93d4-4cf9-afc9-1b95701c8c40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).