Assembly Bill 424
The sale, collection, and recycling of mercury-added thermostats, the disposal of mercury-added products, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
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
Oct 17, 2013
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Environment and Forestry. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Recycling thermostats containing mercury This bill requires a manufacturer that sells or sold thermostats that contain mercury (mercury-added thermostats) in this state to implement a recycling plan approved by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for collecting and recycling mercury-added thermostats. The plan must contain provisions for education and outreach, for ensuring that collection and recycling are conducted in accordance with DNR's rules, for the furnishing of containers to wholesalers and collectors, and for financial incentives for the return of mercury-added thermostats. The bill also imposes annual reporting requirements on manufacturers. If a manufacturer does not comply with the requirements, the bill prohibits the manufacturer from selling any kind of thermostat in this state and prohibits wholesalers and retailers from selling any of the manufacturer's thermostats in this state.
The bill prohibits a wholesaler from selling or distributing any kind of thermostat unless the wholesaler collects used mercury-added thermostats. The bill prohibits a retailer from selling or distributing any kind of thermostat unless the retailer participates in a program to educate consumers on the collection of mercury-added thermostats. The bill requires a contractor that demolishes a building to first remove any mercury-added thermostats. The bill also requires a contractor who removes a mercury-added thermostat from a building to deliver the old thermostat to a wholesaler or collector.
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Disposal of mercury-added products Current law prohibits various items, including lead acid batteries and major appliances, from being disposed of in landfills and from being incinerated. This bill prohibits products to which mercury is intentionally added from being knowingly disposed of in landfills and from being knowingly incinerated.
Who's behind it
20 lawmakers are its . All 20 are Democrats.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (20)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (12)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Timothy Cullen · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 8, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 17, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Environment and Forestry.
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Oct 17, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 17, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives C. Taylor, Bernard Schaber, Bewley, Berceau, Clark, Danou, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Johnson, Jorgensen, Kahl, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Ringhand, Sargent, Shankland, Wachs and Young; cosponsored by Senators Miller, Schultz, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Hansen, Harris, Jauch, Lassa, Lehman, Risser, Wirch and T. Cullen
- Oct 17, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment and Forestry
- Nov 8, 2013 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate