Back to Wisconsin

SB96 • 2025

exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax

exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax

Taxes
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Senators Marklein, Testin, Dassler-Alfheim and Spreitzer, cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Dittrich, Clancy, Melotik and Udell
Last action
2026-04-09
Official status
S - Enacted into law
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax

exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax Status: S - Enacted into law

What This Bill Does

  • exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax Status: S - Enacted into law

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-09 Sen.

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 211

  2. 2026-04-09 Sen.

    Published 4-9-2026

  3. 2026-04-02 Sen.

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  4. 2026-01-20 Sen.

    Report correctly enrolled

  5. 2026-01-16 Sen.

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  6. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  7. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Read a second time

  8. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Ordered to a third reading

  9. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Rules suspended

  10. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 96, Noes 0

  11. 2026-01-15 Asm.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. 2026-01-14 Asm.

    Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor

  13. 2026-01-13 Asm.

    Placed on calendar 1-15-2026 by Committee on Rules

  14. 2026-01-12 Asm.

    Representative Madison added as a cosponsor

  15. 2025-07-15 Asm.

    Representative Joers added as a cosponsor

  16. 2025-05-28 Asm.

    Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions

  17. 2025-05-28 Asm.

    Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  18. 2025-05-27 Asm.

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor

  19. 2025-05-22 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  20. 2025-05-22 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions

  21. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Read a second time

  22. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  23. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up

  24. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  26. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  27. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. 2025-05-15 Asm.

    Received from Senate

  29. 2025-05-13 Sen.

    Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  30. 2025-05-06 Sen.

    Executive action taken

  31. 2025-05-06 Sen.

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Utilities and Tourism , Ayes 5, Noes 0

  32. 2025-05-06 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  33. 2025-04-30 Sen.

    Public hearing held

  34. 2025-04-30 Sen.

    Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor

  35. 2025-04-21 Sen.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  36. 2025-04-15 Sen.

    Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor

  37. 2025-03-19 Sen.

    Fiscal estimate received

  38. 2025-03-12 Sen.

    Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  39. 2025-03-07 Sen.

    Introduced by Senators Marklein , Testin , Dassler-Alfheim and Spreitzer ; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer , Dittrich , Clancy , Melotik and Udell

  40. 2025-03-07 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Tourism

Official Summary Text

exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax
Status: S - Enacted into law

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
Wisconsin Legislature: SB96: Bill Text

Skip navigation

Home

Documents

Senate

Assembly

Committees

Service Agencies

Docs

Options

Help

2025 Biennium

Statutes

Admin. Rules

Indices

Miscellaneous

Archives

Home

Bill, Rule, and Appointment Histories

Senators

Representatives

Committees

Text of Introduced Proposals

Amendment Text

Acts

Veto Messages

Enrolled Bills

Votes

Assembly and Senate Floor Calendars

Schedule of Committee Activities

Assembly and Senate Journals

Committee Records (ROCPs)

Legislative Rules

All Session-Related Documents

Subject Index to Acts

Subject Index to Legislation

Subject Index to Journals

Author Index to Legislation

Subject Index to Clearinghouse Rules

Miscellaneous Budget Documents

Executive Orders

Rulings of the Chair

Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules

Opinions of the Attorney General

Town Law Forms

Law

Districts

Session

Drafting Files

Feeds

Preferences

Show tree

Hide tree

Feedback

Help

Home

Senate Home

Senators

Committees

Session

Chief Clerk

Sergeant at Arms

Civics Education

Human Resources
Assembly Home

Representatives

Committees

Session

Chief Clerk

Sergeant at Arms

Human Resources
Schedule

Joint

Senate

Assembly

Study
Legislative Audit Bureau

Legislative Council

Legislative Fiscal Bureau

Legislative Human Resources Office

Legislative Reference Bureau

Legislative Technology Services Bureau

Menu
»
2025
»
Related Documents
»
Proposal Text
»
SB96: Bill Text

Up

Up

2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-0787/1
KP:amn/klm/skw
2025 SENATE BILL 96
March 7, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Marklein
,
Testin
,
Dassler-Alfheim
and
Spreitzer
, cosponsored by Representatives
VanderMeer
,
Dittrich
,
Clancy
,
Melotik
and
Udell
. Referred to Committee on Utilities and Tourism.
SB96,1,4
1
An Act

to renumber
77.997 (1);
to amend
77.54 (71) (a), 77.54 (71) (b),
2
77.9972 (1) (b) and 77.9973 (2);
to create
77.997 (1m) of the statutes;
relating
3
to:
exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence
4
from the electric vehicle charging tax.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill exempts from the electric vehicle charging tax electricity delivered or placed by any charger of an electric vehicle charging station located at a residence. Generally under current law, beginning on January 1, 2025, an electric vehicle charging tax is imposed at the rate of 3 cents per kilowatt-hour on electricity delivered or placed by certain electric vehicle charging stations. Current law exempts electricity delivered or placed by a residential Level 3 charger of an electric vehicle charging station from the tax. The bill also makes several technical changes involving the administration of the electric vehicle charging tax.
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 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:
SB96,1
1
Section

1
.
77.54 (71) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB96,2,4
2
77.54
(71)
(a) The sales price from the sale of electricity delivered or placed by
3
a Level 3 charger of an electric vehicle charging station, as defined in s. 77.997
(1)

4
(2)
, into the battery or other energy storage device of an electric vehicle.
SB96,2
5
Section

2
.
77.54 (71) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB96,2,9
6
77.54
(71)
(b) The sales price from the sale of electricity delivered or placed by
7
a Level 1 charger or a Level 2 charger installed on or after March 22, 2024, of an
8
electric vehicle charging station, as defined in s. 77.997
(1)

(2)
, into the battery or
9
other energy storage device of an electric vehicle.
SB96,3
10
Section

3
.
77.997 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 77.997 (2).
SB96,4
11
Section

4
.
77.997 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB96,2,12
12
77.997
(1m)
“Electric vehicle” has the meaning given in
23 CFR 680.104
.
SB96,5
13
Section

5
.
77.9972 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB96,2,16
14
77.9972
(1)
(b) No tax under this section applies to electricity delivered or
15
placed by
a Level 3

any
charger of an electric vehicle charging station located at a
16
residence.
SB96,6
17
Section

6
.
77.9973 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB96,2,21
18
77.9973
(2)
Section 77.76 (1) and (2), as it applies to the taxes under subch. V,
19
applies to the tax under this subchapter
, except that ss. 77.52 (7), 77.58 (3) (a), and
20
77.61 (19m) (a), as they apply to a single-owner entity that is disregarded as a
21
separate entity under ch. 71, do not apply to this subchapter
.
SB96,7
22
Section

7
. Initial applicability.
SB96,3,2
1
(
1
) The treatment of s. 77.9972 (1) (b) first applies retroactively to electricity
2
delivered or placed on January 1, 2025.
SB96,3,3
3
(end)

Down

Down

/2025/related/proposals/sb96

true

proposaltext

/2025/related/proposals/sb96

proposaltext/2025/REG/SB96

proposaltext/2025/REG/SB96

section

true

Menu
»
2025
»
Related Documents
»
Proposal Text
»
SB96: Bill Text

×

Details for

PDF view

Link
(Permanent link)

Bookmark this location

View toggle

Go to top of document

Search in this chapter

Search in this section

Search in this agency

Search in this chapter group

Search in this chapter

Search in this section

Cross references for section

Acts affecting this section

References to this

1970 Statutes Annotations

Appellate Court Citations

Administrative Code Index

Reference lines

Clear highlighting