Assembly Bill 289
Creating separate regulatory requirements for certain future service contracts
Topics: Contracts, Mercantile establishment, Trade practice
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
Jun 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 Consumer Protection. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection regulates future service contracts, defined as contracts whose primary purpose is to provide a customer with the right to purchase goods or services or to rent video recordings from a contractor. Generally, future service contracts must be in writing, may not provide the contractor more than 12 months in unearned fees, may not contain a renewal clause, and must grant customers rights against a successor to a contractor's interests and the right to cancel the contract within the first three months of the contract term or within three days after the customer's first purchase or rental worth more than $25, whichever occurs first. Also under current law, a contractor must maintain a $25,000 bond to cover customers who lose amounts prepaid to a contractor because the contractor has become insolvent or has ceased to conduct business.
This bill creates a new category of future service contracts. Under the bill, these contracts may have a term not to exceed three years, must grant the customer rights against a successor to the contractor's interests, must permit the customer to cancel the contract without penalty until midnight on the third day after entering into the contract, must contain a notice of the right to cancel on a separate page, and must permit the customer to cancel an order if the order is not delivered by the date it was promised or to the address where the customer requested delivery. A contractor who enters into such a contract must maintain a $250,000 bond to cover customer losses.
Who's behind it
11 lawmakers are its . 8 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Williams · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Pat Kreitlow · Democrat, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jul 21, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 2, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection.
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Jun 2, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jun 2, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Fields, M. Williams, Townsend, Jorgensen, Petrowski, Brooks, A. Ott, Nerison, Lothian, Danou and Gunderson;Cosponsored by Senators Kreitlow, Plale and Darling
- Jun 2, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Consumer Protection
- Jul 21, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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
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
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate