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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 290

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Relating to: pepper spray and CS gel substances.

Public safety Sales

  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

Under current law, a person is prohibited from selling, possessing, using, or

transporting any container into which tear gas or any similar substance can be used

or placed for use to cause bodily discomfort, panic, or damage to property. Current

law provides that this prohibition does not apply to any device or container that

contains a combination of oleoresin of capsicum and inert ingredients, commonly

known as pepper spray. This bill specifies that the current prohibition on tear gas

substances also does not apply to any device or container that contains CS gel and

inert ingredients. CS gel is defined as nonatomizing, gel-form

chlorobenzalmalononitrile, which is a product that has a similar effect to pepper

spray.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Nass (R) , Petrowski (R) , Ringhand (D) , Tiffany (R) , Wanggaard (R)

17 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bowen (D) , Brandtjen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Fields (D) , Horlacher (R) , Jagler (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Ramthun (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 25, 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. Jun 21, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Ringhand, Carpenter, Cowles, Petrowski, Tiffany and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Horlacher, Fields, Ballweg, Bowen, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Jagler, Kulp, Macco, Ramthun, Skowronski, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Thiesfeldt, Tusler and Wichgers

  2. Jun 21, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Aug 14, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Sep 25, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Sep 25, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Sep 25, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Nov 1, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  11. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  13. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  14. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  15. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-12-2019 by Committee on Rules

  16. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  17. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  21. Nov 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Nov 12, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  23. Nov 18, 2019 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  24. Nov 19, 2019 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 11-19-2019 by directive of the President, pursuant to Senate Rule 44m (3)

  25. Nov 25, 2019 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-22-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 52

  26. Nov 25, 2019 · Senate

    Published 11-23-2019