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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 900

The issuance of temporary alcohol beverages licenses to nonprofit organizations authorizing the sale of beer or wine at fund-raising events

Topics: Alcohol beverage: Regulation, Charitable corporation, Municipality, Organization, Miscellaneous

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 26, 2010

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

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

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs. 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.

Current law authorizes municipalities to issue temporary Class "B" and "Class B" licenses to certain clubs, fair associations, agricultural societies, churches, veterans organizations, lodges, and societies that authorize the retail sale of, respectively, fermented malt beverages (beer) and wine at fairs, meetings, picnics, and similar gatherings hosted by these organizations. A municipality may not issue to one of these organizations more than two temporary "Class B" licenses in any 12-month period.

This bill authorizes municipalities to issue temporary Class "B" and "Class B" licenses to nonprofit organizations authorizing the sale of, respectively, beer and wine at fund-raising events. For purposes of the bill, a nonprofit organization is an organization described in certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code as exempt from federal income tax. The bill also increases, from two to five, the number of temporary "Class B" licenses that a municipality may issue to an eligible applicant in any 12-month period.

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Current law also prohibits, with certain exceptions, the issuance of a Class "B" license or permit for any premises where another business is conducted.

This bill creates an exception to this prohibition allowing a nonprofit organization holding a temporary license to serve beer or wine at a fund-raising event on premises where other business is conducted.

Who's behind it

4 representatives are its ⁠. 3 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.

3 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 7 names

Authors (4)

Signed on in support (3)

What it would cost

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

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 5, 2010

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Mar 26, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.

  4. Mar 26, 2010

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 26, 2010 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Benedict, Sinicki, A. Williams and Gottlieb;Cosponsored by Senators Robson, Taylor and Grothman

  2. Mar 26, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Urban and Local Affairs

  3. Apr 5, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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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Author

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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

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Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

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Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

More in the glossary