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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 203

Pseudoephedrine purchases

Topics: Drugs, Pharmacy

Stopped in committee

It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jul 20, 2011

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It sat with the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.

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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 drug, or controlled substance, is classified in one of five separate schedules. The classification is based on: 1) whether there is a currently accepted medical use for the drug; 2) the drug's potential for being abused; and 3) the nature of the psychological or physical dependence that use of the drug may produce.

Controlled substances that have a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use are included in schedule I. Controlled substances that have an accepted medical use and that have the lowest potential for abuse and produce the least dependence when compared with other controlled substances are included in schedule V. In general, a schedule I controlled substance may not be dispensed, even with a prescription. A schedule II, III, or IV controlled substance may be dispensed, but only with a prescription. A schedule V controlled substance may be dispensed without a prescription, but only a registered pharmacist or, with regard to pseudoephedrine, a person working under the direction of a registered pharmacist, may sell it at retail. In addition, the pharmacist must record the name and address of the purchaser of a schedule V controlled substance and the quantity of the product sold.

Read the full summary

Pseudoephedrine products are classified as schedule V controlled substances and current law imposes restrictions on the sale of of pseudoephedrine products. One restriction prohibits a person, except a physician, dentist, veterinarian, or pharmacist, from purchasing, without authorization from a physician, dentist, or veterinarian, more than seven and a half grams of pseudoephedrine in a pseudoephedrine product within a 30-day period other than by purchasing it in person from a pharmacy or pharmacist. This bill eliminates the exception for purchasing it from a pharmacy or pharmacist. A person who violates this prohibition is guilty of a felony and is subject to a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not longer than three years and six months, or both.

Who's behind it

5 lawmakers are its ⁠. 4 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.

3 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 8 names

Authors (5)

Signed on in support (3)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Dec 15, 2011

    The committee held a public hearing.

  3. Jul 20, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.

  4. Jul 20, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jul 20, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Jorgensen, Pasch, Bies, Doyle and Bewley;Cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Lassa and Schultz

  2. Jul 20, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections

  3. Dec 15, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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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Author

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Signed on in support

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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.

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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