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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 154

Prohibiting purchase of tobacco products on behalf of, or to provide to, a minor and providing penalties

Topics: Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Tobacco, Youth

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 19, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Currently, under the laws relating to public health, purchasing cigarettes on behalf of, or to provide to, a minor is punishable by a forfeiture of not more than $500 for a violation that is not committed within 30 months of a previous violation; a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both, for a violation that is committed within 30 months of a previous violation; a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both, for a violation that is committed within 30 months of two previous violations; and a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than nine months, or both, for a violation that is committed within 30 months of three previous violations.

This bill expands the prohibition on purchasing cigarettes on behalf of, or to provide to, a minor, to include purchasing tobacco products for the same purpose.

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Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to result if the bill is enacted.

Who's behind it

13 lawmakers are its ⁠. 8 are Republicans and 5 are Democrats.

9 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 22 names

Authors (13)

Signed on in support (9)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Public Health vote to recommend it

Passed, 6 to 0 · Jul 8, 2009

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Public Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jul 8, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Jul 8, 2009

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 0.

  4. May 5, 2009

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Mar 19, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Public Health.

  6. Mar 19, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 19, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Bies, Brooks, Berceau, Gottlieb, Kerkman, Petersen, Pope-Roberts, A. Ott, Smith, Spanbauer, Townsend, Zepnick and Zigmunt;Cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Darling, A. Lasee, Kedzie, Lazich, Lehman, Olsen, Risser and Taylor

  2. Mar 19, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health

  3. May 5, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 30, 2009 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Jul 8, 2009 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Public Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0

  6. Jul 8, 2009 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary