Senate

Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Universities and Revenue

Senate Bill 1

Relating to: establishing a flat individual income tax rate.

By Senators LeMahieu, Ballweg, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, James, Nass, Stroebel, Tomczyk, Hutton, Kapenga and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Allen, Bodden, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Gundrum, Gustafson, Knodl, Magnafici, Murphy, Penterman, Rettinger, Rozar, Spiros, Tusler, Behnke, Schraa, Moses and Donovan.

January 27, 2023         Referred to Committee on Universities and Revenue

April 25, 2023             Public Hearing Held

Present:       (9)        Senator Hutton; Senators James, Nass, Ballweg, Cabral-Guevara, Larson, Roys, Smith and Pfaff.

Absent:       (0)        None.

Excused:     (0)        None.

Appearances For

·      Ananth Seshadri - CROWE, UW Madison

·      Director Of Tax, Transportation, And Legal Affairs Evan Umpir - Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

·      Tom Nichols - Wicca sbw

·      CEO Douglas Fearing - Fearing's Audio Video Security

·      Executive Vice President Chris Reader - IRG Action Fund

·      Alex Ignatowski - IRG Action

·      Policy Director Kyle Koenen - Wisconsin Institute for law and liberty

·      Thomas Rocque - Business

·      Ms. Miranda Hinderman - Americans for Prosperity

·      Michael Cody

·      Executive Director Dan Newberry - Lift for the 22 Wi

·      Mr William Meisel - Self

·      Michael Doble - Myself

·      Thomas Rocque - Business

·      Bill Meisel

Appearances Against

·      David Earleywine - Wisconsin Catholic Conference

Appearances for Information Only

·      Badger institute President Mike Nichols - Badger institute

Registrations For

·      Representative Rob Brooks

·      State Director Bill Smith - National Federation of Independent Business

·      Mattias Gugel - National Taxpayers Union

·      Mark Adam

·      President and CEO Patrick Flesch - Self, Gordon Flesch Company

·      Megan Novak - Americans For Prosperity

·      Tom Larson - Wisconsin Realtors Association

·      Ryan Furchenicht

·      Michael Knutson

·      Jamie Schwarz

·      Jason Lang

·      Steven Janke

Registrations Against

·      None.

Registrations for Information Only

·      None.

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Nicholas Esbeck

Committee Clerk