Assembly Bill 452
The minimum price of merchandise sold at wholesale or retail. (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 23, 2015
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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 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Small Business Development. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill repeals the Unfair Sales Act, also called the minimum markup law, which prohibits wholesale and retail sales of merchandise at a price below the cost of the merchandise to the seller. For motor vehicle fuels, tobacco products, and alcoholic beverages, the Unfair Sales Act includes formulas for calculating the cost to the seller that add minimum markups from 3 to 9.18 percent to cover a portion of the seller's cost of doing business.
Who's behind it
12 lawmakers are its . All 12 are Republicans.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Knudson · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 18, 2015 to Mar 2, 2016
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Oct 23, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Small Business Development.
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Oct 23, 2015
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 23, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives J. Ott, Murphy, Brandtjen, Craig, Hutton, Jacque, Kleefisch, Kooyenga, Kremer, Petersen, Skowronski and Allen; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, Darling, Nass and Stroebel
- Oct 23, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Small Business Development
- Nov 18, 2015 · Assembly
Representative Knudson added as a coauthor
- Mar 2, 2016 · Assembly
Representative Duchow added as a coauthor
- 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.
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
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