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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 90

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Relating to: the applicability of the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law.

Trade practice

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill exempts a unit or instrumentality of the federal government, the state,

or a local government from the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law.

The Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law currently governs certain aspects of the

relationship between a person who grants another person a dealership situated in

this state. The Wisconsin Supreme Court, in

Benson v. City of Madison

, 2017 WI 65,

376 Wis. 2d 35, 57, has ruled that the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law applies to

cities.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brooks (R) , Katsma (R) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Vorpagel (R)

6 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Cowles (R) , Kooyenga (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Marklein (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Full history

  1. Mar 22, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Brooks, Katsma, Subeck, Tittl, Tusler and Vorpagel; cosponsored by Senators LeMahieu, Bewley, Cowles, Kooyenga, Marklein and Wanggaard

  2. Mar 22, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1