Assembly Bill 820
Exempting attorneys from regulation as adjustment service companies
Topics: Attorney, Corporation, Debt and debtors
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
Mar 9, 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
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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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
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.
Under current law, an "adjustment service company" is an individual or business entity engaged as principal in the business of prorating a debtor's income to the debtor's creditors or of assuming a debtor's obligations to the debtor's creditors in return for a service charge or other consideration. To engage in business as an adjustment service company, the individual or business entity must be licensed by the Division of Banking in the Department of Financial Institutions (division).
There are specified criteria for obtaining such a license and the division has regulatory authority over licensees, including the power to regulate advertising and solicitation and to investigate and examine licensees' books and records. If an adjustment service company settles or reduces a debtor's accounts, the adjustment service company must furnish the debtor, on demand, with a verified statement showing the amount due creditors by the terms of the settlement or reduction.
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This bill exempts from regulation as an adjustment service company any attorney who resides, and is authorized to practice law, in this state.
Who's behind it
2 representatives are its . All 2 are Democrats.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (2)
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics vote to recommend it
Passed, 9 to 0 · Apr 20, 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 Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 9, 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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Apr 20, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 20, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.
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Apr 6, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 9, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics.
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Mar 9, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 9, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Staskunas and Molepske Jr.;Cosponsored by Senator Taylor
- Mar 9, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Ethics
- Apr 6, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Apr 20, 2010 · 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