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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 544

Prohibiting the installation, sale, and distribution of wheel weights and other wheel balancing products that contain lead

Topics: Industrial development, Motor vehicle: Equipment, Public health, Sales

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Mar 4, 2010, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Nov 3, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Mar 4, 2010

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill prohibits the installation, when replacing or balancing a tire on a motor vehicle, of a wheel weight or other wheel balancing product that contains lead, if the lead was intentionally added during the manufacture of the weight or other product. The bill also prohibits the sale or distribution of such a weight or other product.

Who's behind it

6 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 6 are Democrats.

6 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 12 names

Authors (6)

Signed on in support (6)

What it would cost

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

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 3 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Natural Resources vote to recommend it

Passed, 8 to 5 · Jan 14, 2010

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 Natural Resources, Ayes 8, Noes 5”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 52 to 42 · Mar 4, 2010

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 52, Noes 42”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate Committee on Environment vote to recommend it

Passed, 3 to 2 · Apr 14, 2010

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by committee on Environment, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 14, 2010

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 3 to 2.

  3. Mar 23, 2010

    The committee held a public hearing.

  4. Mar 8, 2010

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Environment.

  5. Mar 5, 2010

    The Senate received it.

  6. Mar 4, 2010

    The Assembly passed it, 52 to 42.

  7. Mar 4, 2010

    The Assembly adopted it.

  8. Jan 14, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  9. Jan 14, 2010

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 5.

  10. Nov 18, 2009

    The committee held a public hearing.

  11. Nov 16, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  12. Nov 3, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources.

  13. Nov 3, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Black, Danou, Clark, Mason, Roys and Pope-Roberts;Cosponsored by Senators Coggs, Carpenter, Hansen, Miller, Taylor and Risser

  2. Nov 3, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources

  3. Nov 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 18, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 13, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 14, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 8, Noes 5

  7. Jan 14, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Mar 2, 2010 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-4-2010 by committee on Rules

  9. Mar 4, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  10. Mar 4, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representatives Danou and Black

  11. Mar 4, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 adopted

  12. Mar 4, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Mar 4, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Mar 4, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 52, Noes 42

  15. Mar 4, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Mar 5, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Mar 8, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Environment

  18. Mar 23, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  19. Apr 14, 2010 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  20. Apr 14, 2010 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by committee on Environment, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  21. Apr 14, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  22. Apr 21, 2010 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-22-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  23. Apr 22, 2010 · Senate

    Read a second time

  24. Apr 22, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. 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

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

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

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary