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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 203

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Relating to: issuance by municipalities of alcohol beverage operator's licenses.

Alcohol beverage — Regulation Municipality Ordinance

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill allows a municipal governing body to delegate authority to issue

operator's licenses (commonly referred to as “bartender's licenses") to a designated

municipal official.

Under current law, a municipal governing body must issue an operator's license

to a qualified applicant. Although a person is not required to hold an operator's

license to provide alcohol beverages on retail licensed premises, a retail licensee may

not be open for business unless the licensee, the designated agent of a corporate

licensee, or a person who possesses an operator's license or manager's license is

present and responsible for the acts of all persons providing alcohol beverages on the

premises.

This bill allows the governing body of a municipality, by ordinance, to authorize

a designated municipal official to issue operator's licenses.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Kapenga (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

18 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bewley (D) , Duchow (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Kurtz (R) , Mursau (R) , Plumer (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Wichgers (R) , Zimmerman (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 26, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. May 8, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Kapenga, Kooyenga, Nass, Stroebel and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Ballweg, Duchow, Kitchens, Kurtz, Mursau, Plumer, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Spiros, Steffen, Subeck, Tittl and Zimmerman

  2. May 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations

  3. May 10, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor

  4. Jun 24, 2019 · Senate

    Senator Bewley added as a coauthor

  5. Sep 10, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Sep 26, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Sep 26, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Sep 26, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Oct 4, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  12. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Oct 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  17. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:30 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21

  18. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  21. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  22. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  24. Feb 25, 2020 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  25. Feb 28, 2020 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020

  26. Mar 4, 2020 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 166

  27. Mar 4, 2020 · Senate

    Published 3-4-2020