Assembly Bill 96
Prohibiting certain telephone calls using electronically prerecorded messages, rules for requesting a listing in the nonsolicitation directory, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, 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
Mar 26, 2013
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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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 sat with the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Roll call
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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 or text message 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.
Current law requires DATCP to promulgate rules establishing requirements and procedures for a residential customer to request a listing in the nonsolicitation directory. The rules must require a residential customer who requests a listing in the directory to biennially notify DATCP if the residential customer wishes to continue to be included in the directory. If a residential customer fails to make the biennial notification, DATCP must eliminate the residential customer from the nonsolicitation directory.
Under the bill, DATCP must promulgate rules establishing requirements and procedures for a residential customer to request a listing in the nonsolicitation directory, but the rules may not require a residential customer to periodically renew his or her request as a condition of continuing to include the listing in the nonsolicitation directory.
Who's behind it
20 lawmakers are its . 12 are Republicans and 8 are Democrats.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (20)
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (10)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Timothy Cullen · Democrat, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
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. Taking a bill up right away needs two-thirds of the members, a higher bar than passing it, so that vote can draw more yeses than the final one.
Assembly vote to take it up right away
Failed, 38 to 53 · Mar 20, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on State Affairs and Government Operations and take up, Ayes 38, Noes 53”. 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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Mar 6, 2014
The committee held a public hearing.
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Nov 4, 2013
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Oct 17, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations.
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Apr 18, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 26, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Government Operations and State Licensing.
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Mar 26, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 26, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Jacque, Nerison, Hintz, Bernard Schaber, Bernier, Bies, Endsley, Kestell, Kolste, Kooyenga, Marklein, Murphy, Mursau, Murtha, Ohnstad, Petryk, Pope, Ringhand, Sargent and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Leibham, Carpenter, Cowles, Cullen, Lehman, Olsen, Risser and Schultz
- Mar 26, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations and State Licensing
- Apr 18, 2013 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- May 28, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Jacque
- Oct 17, 2013 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Government Operations and State Licensing and referred to committee on State Affairs and Government Operations pursuant to Assembly Resolution 19
- Nov 4, 2013 · Assembly
Representative Thiesfeldt added as a coauthor
- Mar 6, 2014 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly
Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on State Affairs and Government Operations and take up, Ayes 38, Noes 53
- 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
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote