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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 — **80** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **32** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **320** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **927** (pass) · lower
- Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **90** (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).