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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 266

The sale of lead acid batteries and acceptance of used lead acid batteries

Topics: Mercantile establishment, Motor vehicle: Equipment, Public health, Sales

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Sep 16, 2011

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  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 ⁠”

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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.

Read the full summary

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

9 representatives are its ⁠. 5 are Republicans and 4 are Democrats.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 16 names

Authors (9)

Signed on in support (7)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection and Personal Privacy vote to recommend it

Passed, 8 to 0 · Feb 29, 2012

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Consumer Protection and Personal Privacy, Ayes 8, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 29, 2012

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Feb 29, 2012

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 0.

  4. Feb 14, 2012

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Feb 14, 2012

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  6. Sep 16, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection and Personal Privacy.

  7. Sep 16, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Sep 16, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Honadel, Brooks, Berceau, Hulsey, A. Ott, Pocan, Spanbauer, Thiesfeldt and Turner;Cosponsored by Senators C. Larson, Cowles, Holperin, Olsen, Risser and Taylor

  2. Sep 16, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Consumer Protection and Personal Privacy

  3. Feb 14, 2012 · Assembly

    Representative E. Coggs added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 14, 2012 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 28, 2012 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 29, 2012 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Consumer Protection and Personal Privacy, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  7. Feb 29, 2012 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    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.

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. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. 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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary