Assembly Bill 185
Prohibiting the use of information in credit reports for issuing or setting premiums for motor vehicle or property insurance
Topics: Credit, Insurance, Insurance: Miscellaneous, Insurance: Motor vehicle
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 2, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Insurance. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law contains prohibitions against unfairly discriminating among policyholders by charging different premiums or offering different terms of coverage except on the basis of classifications related to the nature and degree of risk covered.
Current law also specifies the factors on which insurance rates may be based. These prohibitions and specifications apply to all types of insurance. Current law specifically prohibits an insurer from using odometer reading data collected in the course of an emissions inspection as a factor in setting rates or premiums for motor vehicle insurance.
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This bill prohibits an insurer from considering information in an individual's credit report for purposes of issuing or renewing motor vehicle or property insurance, including renter's and homeowner's insurance, or setting premiums for motor vehicle or property insurance. The bill also prohibits a rating plan for motor vehicle or property insurance from using information in an individual's credit report as a rating factor.
Who's behind it
19 lawmakers are its . 14 are Democrats, 4 are Republicans and 1 is a Independent.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (19)
- Annette Williams · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Spencer Black · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Hilgenberg · Democrat, Assembly
- Kim Hixson · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Mark Pocan · Democrat, Assembly
- Marlin Schneider · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Toles · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeffrey Wood · Independent, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 2, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Insurance.
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Apr 2, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 2, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Berceau, Vruwink, Zepnick, Schneider, Wood, Young, Black, Sinicki, Pocan, Nass, Mason, Mursau, Grigsby, Gunderson, Toles, Ballweg, Hixson, A. Williams and Hilgenberg;Cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Carpenter, Erpenbach and Plale
- Apr 2, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance
- 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor