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a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes

a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes

Firearms Taxes
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representatives Neylon, Spiros, Anderson, Andraca, Armstrong, Behnke, Billings, Brown, Callahan, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Hong, Joers, Johnson, Maxey, Mayadev, Melotik, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Moses, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Tusler, Vining, Wichgers, Goeben, Palmeri and Sinicki, cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Feyen, Hesselbein, James, Marklein, Quinn and Ratcliff
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Rules
Effective date
Not listed

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a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes

a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes Status: A - Rules

What This Bill Does

  • a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes Status: A - Rules

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2025-11-12 Asm.

    Representative Kirsch added as a coauthor

  3. 2025-10-24 Asm.

    Representatives Clancy and Madison added as coauthors

  4. 2025-06-12 Asm.

    Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  5. 2025-06-10 Asm.

    Representative Bare added as a coauthor

  6. 2025-05-20 Asm.

    Representative Hysell added as a coauthor

  7. 2025-05-07 Asm.

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means , Ayes 10, Noes 0

  8. 2025-05-07 Asm.

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means , Ayes 10, Noes 0

  9. 2025-05-07 Asm.

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. 2025-04-30 Asm.

    Executive action taken

  11. 2025-04-29 Asm.

    Representative Udell added as a coauthor

  12. 2025-04-15 Asm.

    Representative Prado added as a coauthor

  13. 2025-04-15 Asm.

    Public hearing held

  14. 2025-04-14 Asm.

    Representative Roe added as a coauthor

  15. 2025-03-26 Asm.

    Representative McCarville added as a coauthor

  16. 2025-02-27 Asm.

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neylon

  17. 2025-02-21 Asm.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  18. 2025-02-20 Asm.

    Fiscal estimate received

  19. 2025-02-17 Asm.

    LRB correction

  20. 2025-02-06 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives Neylon , Spiros , Anderson , Andraca , Armstrong , Behnke , Billings , Brown , Callahan , DeSmidt , Dittrich , Emerson , Fitzgerald , Goodwin , Hong , Joers , Johnson , Maxey , Mayadev , Melotik , Miresse , Moore Omokunde , Moses , Mursau , Ortiz-Velez , Snodgrass , Stroud , Stubbs , Subeck , Tenorio , Tusler , Vining , Wichgers , Goeben , Palmeri and Sinicki ; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard , Cabral-Guevara , Carpenter , Dassler-Alfheim , Feyen , Hesselbein , James , Marklein , Quinn and Ratcliff

  21. 2025-02-06 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

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a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes
Status: A - Rules

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-0901/1
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 10
February 6, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Neylon
,
Spiros
,
Anderson
,
Andraca
,
Armstrong
,
Behnke
,
Billings
,
Brown
,
Callahan
,
DeSmidt
,
Dittrich
,
Emerson
,
Fitzgerald
,
Goodwin
,
Hong
,
Joers
,
Johnson
,
Maxey
,
Mayadev
,
Melotik
,
Miresse
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Moses
,
Mursau
,
Ortiz-Velez
,
Snodgrass
,
Stroud
,
Stubbs
,
Subeck
,
Tenorio
,
Tusler
,
Vining
,
Wichgers
,
Goeben
,
Palmeri
and
Sinicki
, cosponsored by Senators
Wanggaard
,
Cabral-Guevara
,
Carpenter
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Feyen
,
Hesselbein
,
James
,
Marklein
,
Quinn
and
Ratcliff
. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
AB10,1,2
1
An Act

to amend
77.52 (13) and 77.53 (10);
to create
77.54 (75) of the statutes;
2
relating to:
a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of gun safes.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates a sales and use tax exemption for sales of gun safes.
Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB10,1
3
Section

1
.
77.52 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB10,2,8
4
77.52
(13)
For the purpose of the proper administration of this section and to
5
prevent evasion of the sales tax it shall be presumed that all receipts are subject to
6
the tax until the contrary is established. The burden of proving that a sale of
7
tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under sub. (1) (b), (c), or (d),
1
or services is not a taxable sale at retail is upon the person who makes the sale
2
unless that person takes from the purchaser an electronic or a paper certificate, in
3
a manner prescribed by the department, to the effect that the property, item, good,
4
or service is purchased for resale or is otherwise exempt, except that no certificate is
5
required for the sale of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods
6
under sub. (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services that are exempt under s. 77.54 (5) (a) 3., (7),
7
(7m), (8), (10), (11), (14), (15), (17), (20n), (21), (22b), (31), (32), (35), (36), (37), (42),
8
(44), (45), (46), (51), (52), (64), (66), (67),
and
(72)
, and (75)
.
AB10,2
9
Section

2
.
77.53 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB10,2,23
10
77.53
(10)
For the purpose of the proper administration of this section and to
11
prevent evasion of the use tax and the duty to collect the use tax, it is presumed
12
that tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b),
13
(c), or (d), or taxable services sold by any person for delivery in this state is sold for
14
storage, use, or other consumption in this state until the contrary is established.
15
The burden of proving the contrary is upon the person who makes the sale unless
16
that person takes from the purchaser an electronic or paper certificate, in a manner
17
prescribed by the department, to the effect that the property, or items, property, or
18
goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or taxable service is purchased for resale, or
19
otherwise exempt from the tax, except that no certificate is required for the sale of
20
tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or
21
(d), or services that are exempt under s. 77.54 (7), (7m), (8), (10), (11), (14), (15), (17),
22
(20n), (21), (22b), (31), (32), (35), (36), (37), (42), (44), (45), (46), (51), (52), (64), (66),
23
(67),
and
(72)
, and (75)
.
AB10,3
24
Section

3
.
77.54 (75) of the statutes is created to read:
AB10,3,3
1
77.54
(75)
The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other
2
consumption of gun safes that are specifically designed for the storage of guns, but
3
not other items used for gun storage, such as locking gun cabinets and racks.
AB10,4
4
Section

4
. Effective date.
AB10,3,6
5
(
1
)

This act takes effect on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after
6
publication.
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