SB84 • 2025

exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee

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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Senators Wimberger, Marklein and Tomczyk, cosponsored by Representatives Franklin, Armstrong, Behnke, Dittrich, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Melotik, Nedweski, Tusler and Sinicki
Last action: 2026-03-25
Official status: S - Enacted into law
Effective date: Not listed

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exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee

exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee Status: S - Enacted into law

What This Bill Does

exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee Status: S - Enacted into law

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Bill History

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Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 10-7-2025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Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up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

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exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee
Status: S - Enacted into law

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 84
February 26, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Wimberger
,
Marklein
and
Tomczyk
, cosponsored by Representatives
Franklin
,
Armstrong
,
Behnke
,
Dittrich
,
Knodl
,
Kreibich
,
Maxey
,
Melotik
,
Nedweski
,
Tusler
and
Sinicki
. Referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.
SB84,1,3
1
An Act

to amend
77.25 (8) of the statutes;
relating to:
exempting certain
2
conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate
3
transfer fee.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill exempts conveyances of real estate interests between grandparent and grandchild for nominal consideration from the real estate transfer fee. Subject to various exemptions, current law generally requires a person who conveys an interest in real estate to file a real estate transfer return with the county register of deeds and pay a real estate transfer fee equal to 30 cents for each $100 of the value of the conveyance.
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:
SB84,1
1
Section
1
.
77.25 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB84,2,4
2
77.25
(8)
Between parent and child, stepparent and stepchild, parent and son-
3
in-law
or
,
parent and daughter-in-law
, or grandparent and grandchild
for nominal
4
or no consideration.
SB84,2
5
Section
2
. Initial applicability.
SB84,2,7
6
(
1
) This act first applies to conveyances filed on the effective date of this
7
subsection.
SB84,2,8
8
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