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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 742

Fuel products fees and inspection (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce)

Topics: Commerce, Department of, Fuel, Petroleum, Revenue, Department of, Statutes: Revision

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Feb 23, 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

    Feb 12, 2010

  2. Committee, passed

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 23, 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 ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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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 Commerce (Commerce) prescribes standards for gasoline and similar fuels and administers laws regulating the inspection and sale of those fuels and other petroleum products. Current law also requires certain suppliers who receive petroleum products for sale in this state to pay a petroleum inspection fee. The Department of Revenue (DOR) administers the laws that relate to this fee. This bill reorganizes the statutes so that the petroleum inspection fee statutes are placed with other statutes that relate to vehicle fuel taxes and that are also administered by DOR. The bill also does the following:

1. Changes the term "petroleum products" to "fuel products" to more accurately describe the products covered under the laws administered by Commerce and DOR.

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2. Clarifies that with regard to requirements for fuel product inspection, an inspector is not required to take a sample of every fuel product that is received in this state, and that the inspector may discard the sample seven or more days after taking the sample.

3. Authorizes Commerce to determine what constitutes a reasonable length of time in which an inspector may take a sample of a fuel product rather than requiring that the sample be taken during a specified time as required under current law.

4. Eliminates a requirement that a recipient of fuel products submit an application to Commerce if the recipient wants to unload the fuel products before inspection.

5. Clarifies that the requirements for inspection of fuel products do not apply to fuel products that are used in this state but that are not sold or offered for sale in this state.

6. Authorizes, rather than requires as under current law, an inspector to inspect fuel product samples to determine whether the samples meet minimum specifications prescribed by Commerce and eliminates the requirement that the inspector issue an inspection certificate.

7. Authorizes an inspector to enter the premises of a distributor of fuel products. Under current law, an inspector may enter only the premises of a manufacturer, vendor, dealer, or user of fuel products.

8. Requires that fuel product dispensing devices be marked or labeled in a conspicuous place with the octane rating, if any, of the fuel product being dispensed.

Current law requires these devices to be marked only with the name and grade of the fuel product being dispensed.

9. Revises the testing method for determining the flash point of certain fuel products.

10. Establishes flash point and flammability standards for fuel products that are delivered, placed, or stored in a portable container and that are used in turbine engines. The standards are the same as those that apply under current law to such fuel products used in spark-ignition internal combustion engines.

11. Revises the exemptions to standards for delivering, placing, or storing fuel products in containers. The bill exempts fuel products in stationary tanks of 110 gallons capacity or more. Current law exempts containers of 275 gallons or more.

For further information, see the Notes provided by the Law Revision Committee of the Joint Legislative Council.

Who's behind it

Law Revision Committee is its ⁠.

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Author (1)

  • Law Revision Committee

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 26, 2010

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail.

  3. Feb 24, 2010

    The Senate received it.

  4. Feb 23, 2010

    The Assembly passed it.

  5. Feb 12, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  6. Feb 12, 2010

    Introduced in the Assembly.

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  1. Feb 12, 2010 · Assembly

    Introduced by Law Revision Committee

  2. Feb 12, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  3. Feb 17, 2010 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-23-2010 by committee on Rules

  4. Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  5. Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  6. Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  7. Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  8. Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  9. Feb 24, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  10. Feb 26, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail

  11. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Second chamber's vote

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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

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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

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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