Senate Bill 544
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.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 31, 2019
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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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 Economic Development, Commerce and Trade. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
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.
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This bill extends the maximum permissible credit period from 15 days to 30 days.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Republicans.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (9)
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 31, 2019
Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Trade.
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Oct 31, 2019
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 31, 2019 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Bernier and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Dittrich, Doyle, Duchow, Horlacher, Magnafici, Sortwell, Tusler and Vruwink
- Oct 31, 2019 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Trade
- Apr 1, 2020 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
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. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor