Senate Bill 225
The designation of smoking rooms in lodging establishments
Topics: Hotel and motel, Tobacco
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.
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Introduced, passed
Jun 2, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law prohibits smoking in mass transit vehicles and specific enclosed indoor locations, including the following:
1. Inpatient health care facilities.
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2. Prisons and jails.
3. Retail establishments.
4. Restaurants.
5. Government buildings.
Except for hospitals, school buses, day care centers where children are present and a few other places, a smoking area at an indoor location may be designated by the person who is in charge of that location.
The prohibitions against smoking were expanded by 2009 Wisconsin Act 12 , effective on July 5, 2010, so that smoking will be prohibited in most indoor locations.
Under that act, among other changes to the prohibitions on smoking, a person in charge may no longer designate smoking areas at indoor locations.
This bill authorizes the owner of a lodging establishment to designate up to 25 percent of the guest rooms in the lodging establishment as guest rooms in which smoking is permitted. If the lodging establishment has fewer than four guest rooms, the owner may designate one guest room as a guest room in which smoking is permitted.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . 3 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
22 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Theodore Kanavas · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (22)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Gottlieb · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Williams · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Meyer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Roth · Republican, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Jeffrey Wood · Independent, Assembly
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jun 2, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
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Jun 2, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jun 2, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Grothman, Kanavas, Taylor and Lazich;Cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Suder, Kestell, Gottlieb, Tauchen, Kleefisch, Wood, Townsend, Brooks, LeMahieu, Ballweg, Spanbauer, Kerkman, Meyer, Nass, Bies, M. Williams, Roth, Gunderson, Vos, Mursau and Zipperer
- Jun 2, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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