Skip to content
Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 252

Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, and in public conveyances and providing a penalty

Topics: Alcohol beverage: Regulation, Building, Commerce, Department of, Community-based residential facility, Day care, Employment, Hotel and motel, Juvenile detention facility, Mental health: Hospitals and institutes, Mercantile establishment, Metropolitan transportation, Nursing homes and adult care, Prison, Public building, Recreation, Restaurant, Tobacco

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Apr 30, 2009

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  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 ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

Read the bill

Following saves it on this device. New actions show on your Following page. You can also get updates in a feed reader.

Who's behind it

26 lawmakers are its ⁠. 20 are Democrats and 6 are Republicans.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 33 names

Authors (26)

Signed on in support (7)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 21, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Apr 30, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform.

  4. Apr 30, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 30, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Richards, A. Ott, Seidel, Zigmunt, Milroy, Benedict, Parisi, Berceau, Black, Roys, Soletski, Gottlieb, Clark, Bernard Schaber, Mursau, Toles, Hilgenberg, Cullen, Sinicki, Townsend, Pope-Roberts, Smith, Pasch, Hintz, Spanbauer and Montgomery;Cosponsored by Senators Risser, Ellis, Jauch, Miller, Darling, Robson and Coggs

  2. Apr 30, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health and Healthcare Reform

  3. May 21, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. 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

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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

Author

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

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

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

Official term: Cosponsor

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate