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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

SB 512

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Relating to: deposits on the sale of certain lead acid batteries.

Motor vehicle — Equipment Public health Retail establishment Sales

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

This bill requires a person who sells a consumer a replacement lead acid battery

of the kind used in motor vehicles to charge a deposit of $10.

Sponsors

Introduced by: C. Larson (D) , Cowles (R) , Miller (D) , Petrowski (R) , Schultz (R) , Vinehout (D)

13 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Barca (D) , Bies (R) , C. Taylor (D) , Carpenter (D) , Danou (D) , Kolste (D) , Krug (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Sargent (D) , Spiros (R) , Steineke (R) , T. Larson (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 13, 2014 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 23, 2014 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cowles, C. Larson, Petrowski, Schultz, Miller and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, A. Ott, Steineke, Krug, Bies, Kolste, T. Larson, Sargent, C. Taylor, Danou and Ohnstad

  2. Jan 23, 2014 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Feb 4, 2014 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 12, 2014 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 13, 2014 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Feb 13, 2014 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Feb 17, 2014 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-18-2014 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  11. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. Feb 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  15. Feb 24, 2014 · Assembly

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  16. Mar 12, 2014 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-18-2014 by Committee on Rules

  17. Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar of 3-18-2014 and take up

  18. Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  21. Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  22. Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Representative Barca added as a cosponsor

  23. Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. Mar 19, 2014 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  25. Mar 25, 2014 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  26. Apr 16, 2014 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-15-2014

  27. Apr 17, 2014 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-16-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 305

  28. Apr 17, 2014 · Senate

    Published 4-17-2014