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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Bill 15

The manufacture and acceptance for sale of products containing microbeads. (FE)

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 27, 2015

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill generally prohibits, with certain exceptions, the manufacture of a personal care product containing microbeads (small, non-biodegradable plastic particles) beginning December 31, 2017. "Personal care product" is defined in the bill. The bill also prohibits, with certain exceptions, accepting a personal care product containing microbeads for sale beginning December 31, 2018.

The bill creates different effective dates for these prohibitions for over-the-counter drugs. "Over-the-counter drug" is also defined in the bill. Under this bill, a person may not manufacture a personal care product that is an over-the-counter drug containing microbeads beginning December 31, 2018, and may not accept such a product for sale beginning December 31, 2019. This bill does not apply to the manufacture or sale of prescription drugs.

Who's behind it

32 lawmakers are its ⁠. 21 are Republicans and 11 are Democrats.

15 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 47 names

Authors (32)

Signed on in support (15)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Environment and Forestry vote to recommend it

Passed, 12 to 0 · Feb 17, 2015

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 Environment and Forestry, Ayes 12, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 14, 2015

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  3. Feb 17, 2015

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  4. Feb 17, 2015

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 12 to 0.

  5. Feb 13, 2015

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Feb 3, 2015

    The committee held a public hearing.

  7. Feb 2, 2015

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  8. Jan 28, 2015 to Feb 2, 2015

    2 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.

  9. Jan 27, 2015

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Environment and Forestry.

  10. Jan 27, 2015

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Czaja, Kitchens, Mason, Born, E. Brooks, Danou, Doyle, Heaton, Johnson, Kolste, Krug, Kulp, T. Larson, Macco, Meyers, A. Ott, Quinn, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Spiros, Steffen, Swearingen, Thiesfeldt, VanderMeer, Kahl, Milroy, Stuck, Sinicki, Murphy, Weatherston and Allen; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Olsen, Harsdorf, Miller, L. Taylor, Lassa, Darling, Farrow, Erpenbach, Vinehout and Carpenter

  2. Jan 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment and Forestry

  3. Jan 28, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Nerison added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 29, 2015 · Assembly

    Senator Bewley added as a cosponsor

  5. Feb 2, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 2, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Feb 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Feb 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Feb 17, 2015 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  11. Feb 17, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Apr 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-14-2015 by Committee on Rules

  13. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Representatives Spreitzer and Barca added as coauthors

  14. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  15. Apr 13, 2016 · 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.

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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

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.

More in the glossary

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