Assembly Bill 295
The designation of smoking rooms in lodging establishments
Topics: Hotel and motel, Tobacco
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.
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Introduced, passed
Jun 2, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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 prohibits smoking in mass transit vehicles and specific enclosed indoor locations, including the following:
1. Inpatient health care facilities.
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2. Prisons and jails.
3. Retail establishments.
4. Restaurants.
5. Government buildings.
Except for hospitals, school buses, day care centers where children are present and a few other places, a smoking area at an indoor location may be designated by the person who is in charge of that location.
The prohibitions against smoking were expanded by 2009 Wisconsin Act 12 , effective on July 5, 2010, so that smoking will be prohibited in most indoor locations.
Under that act, among other changes to the prohibitions on smoking, a person in charge may no longer designate smoking areas at indoor locations.
This bill authorizes the owner of a lodging establishment to designate up to 25 percent of the guest rooms in the lodging establishment as guest rooms in which smoking is permitted. If the lodging establishment has fewer than four guest rooms, the owner may designate one guest room as a guest room in which smoking is permitted.
Who's behind it
17 lawmakers are its . 13 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats. 1 has no party on record.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (17)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Gottlieb · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Williams · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Sherman
- John Steinbrink · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Tourism vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 2 · Sep 16, 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 Tourism, Recreation and State Properties, Ayes 7, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Sep 16, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Sep 16, 2009
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 2.
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Aug 5, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jun 2, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Tourism, Recreation and State Properties.
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Jun 2, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jun 2, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Sherman, Clark, Ballweg, Brooks, Gottlieb, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, LeMahieu, Mursau, Nerison, Nygren, Roys, Strachota, Steinbrink, Tauchen and M. Williams;Cosponsored by Senators Jauch, Plale, Taylor and Vinehout
- Jun 2, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Tourism, Recreation and State Properties
- Aug 5, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Tourism, Recreation and State Properties, Ayes 7, Noes 2
- Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- 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.
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote