Senate Bill 16
Prohibiting certain telephone calls using electronically prerecorded messages, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation
Topics: Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of, Data processing, Telephone
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
Feb 4, 2011
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection. 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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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 regulates "telephone solicitation," which is defined as the unsolicited initiation of a telephone conversation for the purpose of encouraging the recipient of the telephone call to purchase property, goods, or services. Generally, under current law, a telephone solicitor may not make a telephone solicitation to a residential customer if the customer's telephone number is included in a nonsolicitation directory maintained by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) listing residential customers who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations. Current law also prohibits a telephone solicitor from using an electronically prerecorded message in a telephone solicitation made to any recipient without the recipient's consent. Nonprofit organizations are not subject to current law regulating telephone solicitations.
This bill prohibits any person from using an electronically prerecorded message in an unsolicited telephone call to a residential customer whose telephone number is included in the nonsolicitation directory, subject to the following exceptions: 1) a call initiated by a school or school district to a student, a parent of a student, or an employee; 2) a call initiated to a residential customer by a person who has a current business or personal relationship with the customer; 3) a call initiated by a governmental unit that is intended to alert a recipient of the call to a danger to the recipient's health or safety; 4) a call initiated by a college or university to a graduate of the college or university; and 5) a call initiated by a debt collector for the purpose of collecting a debt.
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Under the bill, DATCP must promulgate rules requiring any person who uses, or requires an employee or contractor to use, an electronically prerecorded message in a telephone call to a residential customer in this state, other than a call covered by one of the exceptions in the bill, to register with and pay a fee to DATCP. A registration is valid for one year and may be renewed upon payment of a renewal fee to DATCP. Under the bill, registration and renewal fees for persons who use electronically prerecorded messages must equal the fees charged for a telephone solicitor under current law, except that the fees for nonprofit organizations may not exceed one-tenth of the fee charged for a telephone solicitor.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . 5 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Timothy Cullen · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (8)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- David Cullen · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 4, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection.
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Feb 4, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 4, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Holperin, Risser, Schultz, T. Cullen, Hansen and S. Coggs;Cosponsored by Representatives Kaufert, Van Roy, D. Cullen, Spanbauer, Zepnick, Bewley, Hebl and Kessler
- Feb 4, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
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.
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