Senate Bill 927
Regulating the sale of certain drugs and medical supplies below cost
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
Mar 26, 2020
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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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill exempts pharmaceutical, treatment, and other medical supplies used for treating COVID-19 from the Unfair Sales Act, also called the minimum markup law, during the public health emergency declared on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72.
Under current law, the Unfair Sales Act prohibits retailers and wholesalers from selling merchandise, including pharmaceutical, treatment, and other medical supplies, for less than the cost of the merchandise to the retailer or wholesaler.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 4 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (11)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 26, 2020
Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Trade.
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Mar 26, 2020
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 26, 2020 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Carpenter, Craig, Stroebel and Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Ott, Ramthun, Allen, Brandtjen, Brooks, Dittrich, Murphy, Rohrkaste, Schraa, Wichgers and Gundrum
- Mar 26, 2020 · 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