Assembly Bill 131
The sale of lead acid batteries and acceptance of used lead acid batteries
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
Apr 4, 2013
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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, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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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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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
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
13 representatives are its . 8 are Democrats and 5 are Republicans.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Mandela Barnes · Democrat, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Brett Hulsey · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Mandy Wright · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
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 were 2 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Environment and Forestry vote on an amendment
Passed, 6 to 0 · Aug 7, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 6, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Environment and Forestry vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 0 · Aug 7, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 6, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Aug 7, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Aug 7, 2013
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 0.
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Aug 7, 2013
“Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 6, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Jul 23, 2013
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 4, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Environment and Forestry.
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Apr 4, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 4, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Honadel, Thiesfeldt, Barnes, Bies, Brooks, Hebl, Hulsey, Kolste, Ohnstad, A. Ott, Pasch, Riemer, Stone and Wright; cosponsored by Senators C. Larson, Cowles, Carpenter, Grothman, Harris, Olsen and L. Taylor
- Apr 4, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment and Forestry
- Jul 23, 2013 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Aug 1, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Honadel
- Aug 6, 2013 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Aug 7, 2013 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 6, Noes 0
- Aug 7, 2013 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 6, Noes 0
- Aug 7, 2013 · Assembly
Referred to Committee on Rules
- Aug 7, 2013 · Assembly
Representative Thiesfeldt withdrawn as a coauthor
- Aug 27, 2013 · Assembly
Senator Grothman withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Apr 8, 2014 · 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
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote