Senate Bill 480
Smoking in motor vehicles while a child is present, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (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
Dec 29, 2015
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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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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.
Current law prohibits, with exceptions, a person from smoking in specified enclosed or outdoor locations, including in a "public conveyance," which is a mass transit vehicle, school bus, or other device by which persons are transported for hire except in interstate commerce. A person who violates this prohibition is subject to a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $250 for each violation.
Also under current law, the Department of Health Services administers a tobacco use control program to award grants for specified purposes, including to reduce tobacco use and promote tobacco use cessation and prevention.
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This bill prohibits a person from smoking in a motor vehicle while a child under the age of eight years, weighing not more than 80 pounds, and of a height not more than 57 inches is present in the motor vehicle, regardless of whether the motor vehicle is on a highway. However, the bill does not apply to smoking in a public conveyance. A person who violates this prohibition must forfeit $25 for the first offense and $50 for each subsequent offense and must also pay a surcharge in the same amount. The surcharge proceeds provide additional funding for the tobacco use control program. A law enforcement officer may not stop or inspect a vehicle solely to determine compliance with this smoking prohibition but may issue a citation for a violation observed in the course of a stop or inspection made for other purposes.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Democrats.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (12)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Mandela Barnes · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 29, 2015
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Dec 29, 2015
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 29, 2015 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Bewley and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Meyers, Barnes, A. Ott, Milroy, Pope, Subeck, Spreitzer, Ohnstad, Considine, Hebl, Berceau and Brostoff
- Dec 29, 2015 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- Apr 13, 2016 · Senate
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