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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Bill 571

Credit transactions between beer retailers and beer wholesalers

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 25, 2019

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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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 extends, from 15 days to 30 days, the maximum period of credit that a wholesaler of fermented malt beverages (beer) may extend to a beer retailer.

Under current law, a beer retailer may not purchase or acquire beer from a beer wholesaler except upon payment of cash or extension of credit for not more than 15 days. A beer retailer indebted for beer purchased or acquired more than 15 days previously may not purchase or acquire beer from any beer wholesaler and may not be issued another retail license or permit for the sale of beer.

Read the full summary

This bill extends the maximum permissible credit period from 15 days to 30 days.

Who's behind it

8 representatives are its ⁠. 7 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

3 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 11 names

Authors (8)

Signed on in support (3)

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 28, 2019

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Oct 25, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.

  4. Oct 25, 2019

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Knodl, Dittrich, Doyle, Duchow, Horlacher, Magnafici, Sortwell and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Bernier and Nass

  2. Oct 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Oct 28, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Vruwink added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor