Assembly Bill 651
The wholesale distribution of prescription drugs
Topics: Charitable corporation, Drugs, Pharmacy
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
Jan 12, 2010
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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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law regulates the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs, which is defined as the distribution of a prescription drug to a person other than a consumer or patient. The definition is subject to a number of exceptions, including an exception for the donation or distribution of a prescription drug under current provisions creating a cancer and chronic diseases drug repository.
This bill adds an exception to the definition of wholesale distribution for donations of drug samples to charitable institutions, if the donations comply with federal regulations governing such donations.
Who's behind it
20 lawmakers are its . 14 are Democrats and 6 are Republicans.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (20)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Pedro Colon · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristen Dexter · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- James Soletski · Democrat, Assembly
- John Steinbrink · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (12)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Pat Kreitlow · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Jim Sullivan · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
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 was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform vote on an amendment
Passed, 13 to 0 · Feb 1, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Health and Healthcare Reform, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. 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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Feb 16, 2010
“Placed at the foot of the calendar of 2-16-2010” (the official wording)
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Feb 1, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 1, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 0.
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Jan 22, 2010
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 20, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 20, 2010
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 12, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform.
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Jan 12, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 12, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Dexter, Colon, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Grigsby, Hintz, Mason, Pasch, Pope-Roberts, Roys, Sinicki, Soletski, Steinbrink, Turner, Gunderson, Honadel, Kaufert, Stone, Townsend and Van Roy;Cosponsored by Senators Sullivan, Kreitlow, Carpenter, Hansen, Lassa, Lehman, Taylor, Wirch, Hopper and Schultz
- Jan 12, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Health and Healthcare Reform
- Jan 20, 2010 · Assembly
Representative Zepnick added as a coauthor
- Jan 20, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 22, 2010 · Assembly
Representative Nygren added as a coauthor
- Jan 22, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Nygren
- Jan 27, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 1, 2010 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Health and Healthcare Reform, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Feb 1, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Health and Healthcare Reform, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Feb 1, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 10, 2010 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-16-2010 by committee on Rules
- Feb 16, 2010 · Assembly
Placed at the foot of the calendar of 2-16-2010
- Feb 16, 2010 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- 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