---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 84 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marklein", "Tomczyk", "Wimberger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c915a7c7-fc15-443f-9cb6-f9372cccdcce"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb84"
source_hash: "4ce4e6f052a35ec196df0733269f1242996dfd6842cc8df562e89a2018e0d5a4"
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 84 (2025) — Relating to: exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee. (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/SB84)

## Votes

- Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marklein — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)
- Wimberger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Wimberger, Marklein and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Franklin, Armstrong, Behnke, Dittrich, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Melotik, Nedweski, Tusler and Sinicki `introduction`
- **2025-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- **2025-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
- **2025-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor
- **2025-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Moses added as a cosponsor
- **2025-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
- **2025-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
- **2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
- **2025-05-28T05:00:00+00:00** Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `receipt`
- **2025-10-03T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 10-7-2025
- **2025-10-06T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor
- **2025-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Penterman and Stubbs added as cosponsors
- **2025-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2025-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2025-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2025-10-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 10-30-2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 10-31-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 38 `executive-signature`
- **2025-11-03T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-1-2025 `became-law`
- **2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c915a7c7-fc15-443f-9cb6-f9372cccdcce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).