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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Senate Bill 442

Restrictions on the use of products used for inhaling or exhaling vapor

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

    Sep 23, 2019

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection. 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 specifies that the term “smoking," for purposes of the general prohibition under current law against smoking in indoor locations, includes inhaling or exhaling vapor from a “vapor product,” which the bill defines as any noncombustible product that employs a heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical, or mechanical means that can be used to produce vapor from a solution or other substance. The bill specifies that “vapor product” includes an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or similar product or device. Also, a product satisfies the definition of “vapor product” regardless of whether the product contains nicotine.

Who's behind it

11 senators are its ⁠. 7 are Democrats and 4 are Republicans.

34 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 45 names

Authors (11)

Signed on in support (34)

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 4, 2019

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Sep 23, 2019

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection.

  4. Sep 23, 2019

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Sep 23, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jacque, Risser, Bewley, Carpenter, Darling, Johnson, Larson, Olsen, Ringhand, Schachtner and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Kolste, Allen, Anderson, Billings, Bowen, Cabrera, Considine, Doyle, Fields, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Horlacher, Milroy, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Oldenburg, Pope, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sinicki, Spiros, Stubbs, Subeck, C. Taylor, Tittl, Tusler, Vining, Vruwink and Zamarripa

  2. Sep 23, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection

  3. Oct 4, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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

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