Senate Bill 524
Portable electronics insurance
Became law
The governor signed it on Apr 9, 2014. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Jan 27, 2014
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Feb 11, 2014
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 18, 2014
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2013 Wisconsin Act 230
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 9, 2014: “Published 4-9-2014”
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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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 does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law establishes criteria for selling and offering portable electronics insurance and imposes certain requirements and restrictions relating to the sale of portable electronics insurance. Portable electronics insurance is insurance providing coverage for the repair or replacement of portable electronics that may provide coverage for a portable electronic device against loss, theft, inoperability due to mechanical failure, malfunction, or damage, but portable electronics insurance does not include a service contract or extended warranty. A vendor of portable electronics may sell or offer to its customers coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance issued by an insurer to the vendor and may bill and collect from its customers charges for the portable electronics insurance coverage. The vendor must make available for customers a brochure or other written material that contains certain disclosures, including that a customer is not required to enroll in portable electronics insurance as a condition of purchasing or leasing a portable electronics device and that an enrolled customer may cancel coverage at any time and receive a refund of any unearned premium.
Also under current law, the Wisconsin Consumer Act (WCA) imposes certain requirements and restrictions on creditors that contract for insurance coverage in connection with a consumer credit transaction. With a limited exception, a creditor may not contract for or receive a separate charge for insurance against loss of or damage to property unless the amount financed, exclusive of charges for the insurance, is $800 or more and the value of the property is $800 or more. The WCA also imposes other limitations on a creditor's ability to contract for or receive a separate charge for insurance against loss of or damage to the customer's property.
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For certain insurance products sold by a creditor, the WCA allows the customer to cancel the insurance product within 30 days and the creditor must provide notice of this 30-day cancellation period.
Under this bill, these provisions of the WCA do not apply to portable electronics insurance.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (7)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Insurance and Housing vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 5, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance and Housing, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 9, 2014
The new law was published.
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Apr 9, 2014
The governor signed it. It became 2013 Wisconsin Act 230.
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Apr 7, 2014
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 18, 2014
The Assembly passed it too.
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Feb 13, 2014
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 13, 2014
The Assembly received it.
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Feb 11, 2014
The Senate passed it.
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Feb 5, 2014
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Jan 30, 2014
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 27, 2014
Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance and Housing.
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Jan 27, 2014
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 27, 2014 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Lasee, Schultz and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Marklein, Ballweg, Bies, Strachota, Kahl and Bernier
- Jan 27, 2014 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance and Housing
- Jan 30, 2014 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jan 30, 2014 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 5, 2014 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance and Housing, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 5, 2014 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 6, 2014 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-11-2014 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 11, 2014 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 11, 2014 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 11, 2014 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Feb 11, 2014 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 11, 2014 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 13, 2014 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Feb 13, 2014 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 13, 2014 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-18-2014 by Committee on Rules
- Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 19, 2014 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Feb 24, 2014 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Apr 7, 2014 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 4-7-2014
- Apr 9, 2014 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 230
- Apr 9, 2014 · Senate
Published 4-9-2014
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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