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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 261

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soliciting purchases of goods or services using unsolicited checks or money orders and providing a penalty.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits soliciting the purchase of goods or services by the delivery to

a recipient in this state of a document that is or appears to be a check or money order

payable to the recipient, if the endorsement of the document purports to bind the

recipient to purchasing goods or services and the recipient did not request the

delivery of the document. Under the bill, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and

Consumer Protection may bring an action against a violator for a forfeiture of $100

per solicitation, except that the forfeiture may not exceed $10,000 for each seven-day

period in which the person commits a violation.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , A. Williams (D) , Berceau (D) , Bernard Schaber (D) , Black (D) , Brooks (R) , Clark (D) , Cullen (D) , Dexter (D) , Grigsby (D) , Gunderson (R) , Hebl (D) , Hixson (D) , Kaufert (R) , Kestell (R) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Molepske Jr. (D) , Nass (R) , Parisi (D) , Pasch (D) , Petrowski (R) , Pocan (D) , Pope-Roberts (D) , Richards (D) , Roys (D) , Seidel (D) , Sinicki (D) , Smith (D) , Steinbrink (D) , Toles (D) , Townsend (R) , Van Akkeren (D) , Vos (R) , Zepnick (D) , Zigmunt (D)

12 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Coggs (D) , Hansen (D) , Hilgenberg (D) , Lassa (D) , Lehman (D) , Miller (D) , Plale (D) , Risser (D) , Schultz (R) , Taylor (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 7, Noes 2

Passed 7–2 Oct 21, 2009 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 84, Noes 12

Passed 84–12 Oct 27, 2009 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Feb 17, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. May 8, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Bernard Schaber, Pocan, Berceau, Black, Brooks, Clark, Cullen, Dexter, Grigsby, Gunderson, Hebl, Hixson, Kaufert, Kestell, Mason, Molepske Jr., Nass, Milroy, A. Ott, Parisi, Pasch, Pope-Roberts, Petrowski, Richards, Roys, Seidel, Sinicki, Smith, Steinbrink, Toles, Townsend, Van Akkeren, Vos, A. Williams, Zepnick and Zigmunt;Cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Carpenter, Hansen, Lassa, Plale, Risser, Schultz, Taylor, Wirch and Coggs

  2. May 8, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Consumer Protection

  3. Jun 17, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jul 1, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Kleefisch

  6. Oct 21, 2009 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Oct 21, 2009 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 7, Noes 2

  8. Oct 21, 2009 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Oct 21, 2009 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-27-2009 by committee on Rules

  10. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Bernard Schaber

  11. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 adopted

  12. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 84, Noes 12

  15. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Representative Hilgenberg added as a coauthor

  16. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Oct 28, 2009 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Oct 29, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection

  20. Feb 3, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  21. Feb 16, 2010 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  22. Feb 17, 2010 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  23. Feb 17, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Feb 23, 2010 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-25-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  25. Feb 25, 2010 · Senate

    Senator Miller added as a cosponsor

  26. Feb 25, 2010 · Senate

    Read a second time

  27. Feb 25, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Feb 25, 2010 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  29. Feb 25, 2010 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  30. Feb 25, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  32. Mar 5, 2010 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled

  33. Mar 9, 2010 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-9-2010

  34. Mar 11, 2010 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-10-2010. 2009 Wisconsin Act 150

  35. Mar 16, 2010 · Assembly

    Published 3-24-2010