Assembly Bill 498
Regulating certain substitutes for ozone-depleting refrigerants
Topics: Administrative rules, Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of, Air conditioning, Environmental protection, Motor vehicle: Equipment
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.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 25, 2012
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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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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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law imposes certain restrictions on ozone-depleting refrigerants (ODRs) used in air conditioners for motor vehicles and motor vehicle trailers. The restrictions prohibit the sale of an ODR in a container holding less than 15 pounds of the ODR. Unless certain requirements are satisfied, the restrictions also prohibit repairing such an air conditioner, if the repair may release ODRs, and installing or servicing such an air conditioner, if the air conditioner contains ODRs. The requirements that must be satisfied to perform such work include training or certification requirements established by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) that the individual who performs the work must satisfy, as well as requirements for removing and recycling the ODRs. Current law also authorizes DATCP to promulgate rules providing that any of the foregoing restrictions also apply to substances used as substitutes for ODRs (ODR substitutes).
This bill creates exceptions to DATCP's rule-making authority regarding ODR substitutes. Under the bill, DATCP may not promulgate rules that prohibit the sale of an ODR substitute in a container holding less than 15 pounds of the ODR substitute. In addition, the bill prohibits DATCP from promulgating rules regulating an individual's noncommercial use of an ODR substitute that is sold in such a container.
Who's behind it
13 lawmakers are its . All 13 are Republicans.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Knilans · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Agriculture vote to recommend it
Passed, 13 to 1 · Feb 14, 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 Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 14, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 14, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 1.
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Feb 9, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 30, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 25, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture.
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Jan 25, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 25, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Knilans, Kestell, Bernier, Endsley, Jacque, Kooyenga, LeMahieu, Rivard, Strachota, Thiesfeldt, Spanbauer, Vos and Van Roy;Cosponsored by Senators Grothman, Holperin, Schultz, Taylor, Lasee and Hansen
- Jan 25, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture
- Jan 30, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 9, 2012 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 9, 2012 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 14, 2012 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 1
- Feb 14, 2012 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-21-2012 by committee on Rules
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Vruwink
- Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- 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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote