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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Senate Bill 575

Meals that a bed and breakfast establishment may serve

Topics: Hotel and motel

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 2, 2010

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources. 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, a bed and breakfast establishment must be licensed to operate in Wisconsin. A bed and breakfast establishment is defined, in part, as a place of lodging that has eight or fewer rooms for rent, is the owner's personal residence, provides no meals other than breakfast, and provides breakfast only to guests. A bed and breakfast is not required to have a restaurant license to prepare and serve breakfast to its guests.

This bill provides that a bed and breakfast may serve any meal to its guests and is not required to have a restaurant license to prepare and serve the meals to its guests.

Who's behind it

6 senators are its ⁠. 5 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.

10 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 16 names

Authors (6)

Signed on in support (10)

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 2, 2010

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.

  3. Mar 2, 2010

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 2, 2010 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Miller, Taylor, Plale, Grothman, Risser and Lassa;Cosponsored by Representatives Radcliffe, Roys, Kerkman, Ziegelbauer, Berceau, Ripp, Petrowski, Ballweg, A. Williams and Molepske Jr.

  2. Mar 2, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources

  3. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

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

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor