republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/sb-96.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 96"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 96 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dassler-Alfheim", "Marklein", "Spreitzer", "Testin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-07T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8713780-821b-4c29-aba8-14690ab1e5e1"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb96"
source_hash: "23c4531933a22515e86bd013ec4a6906dcd052f2b6ce92963016400fa3eaaf3e"
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 96 (2025) — Relating to: exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax. (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/SB96)

## Votes

- Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Utilities and Tourism, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dassler-Alfheim — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, Testin, Dassler-Alfheim and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Dittrich, Clancy, Melotik and Udell `introduction`
- **2025-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor
- **2025-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor
- **2025-04-21T05:00:00+00:00** Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2025-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor
- **2025-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Utilities and Tourism, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06T05:00:00+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** 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, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `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`
- **2025-07-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Joers added as a cosponsor
- **2026-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Madison added as a cosponsor
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-15-2026 by Committee on Rules
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 96, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 211 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-9-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8713780-821b-4c29-aba8-14690ab1e5e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).