Senate Bill 700
The sale of lead acid batteries and acceptance of used lead acid batteries
Topics: Mercantile establishment, Motor vehicle: Equipment, Public health, Sales
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
Apr 20, 2010
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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 Environment. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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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 prohibits a person from disposing of a lead acid battery, including a motor vehicle battery, by placing it in a landfill or incinerating it. Current law requires anyone who sells a lead acid battery to a person who will use the battery (a consumer) and who installs the battery to accept the consumer's used battery.
Current law also requires a person who sells a lead acid battery to a consumer without installing the battery to offer to take the used battery in trade. The law prohibits a person from charging a consumer a deposit of more than $5 on the sale of a lead acid battery.
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This bill requires a person who sells a lead acid battery to a consumer to charge a deposit of not less than $5. The bill also changes terminology in the law relating to the sale of lead acid batteries and defines the term "deposit" for the purposes of that law.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . 1 is a Democrat and 1 is a Republican.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (2)
- Theodore Kanavas · Republican, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (1)
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
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 Senate Committee on Environment.
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Apr 20, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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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