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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 213

Interest rates on payday loans

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

    Mar 31, 2021

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Financial Institutions. 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 limits the maximum interest rate that may be charged on a payday loan.

Under current law, a person must be licensed by the Division of Banking (division) in the Department of Financial Institutions to originate or service a payday loan involving a Wisconsin resident. Current law does not impose a limit on the interest that a payday loan licensee may charge, before the maturity date, on a payday loan. If a payday loan is not paid in full by the maturity date, current law prohibits a licensee from charging interest after the maturity date in excess of 2.75 percent per month. A payday loan under which a greater rate of interest is charged after the maturity date is not enforceable.

Read the full summary

This bill limits the interest rate that a payday loan licensee may charge, before the maturity date, on a payday loan to an annual percentage rate of 36 percent. A payday loan on which a greater rate of interest is charged is not enforceable.

Who's behind it

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

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 15 names

Authors (11)

Signed on in support (4)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 13, 2021

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Mar 31, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Financial Institutions.

  4. Mar 31, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 31, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Allen, Cabral-Guevara, Armstrong, Dallman, Hintz, Horlacher, Moses, Rozar, Thiesfeldt, Spreitzer, Neubauer and Andraca; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Carpenter and Smith

  2. Mar 31, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions

  3. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Bowen added as a coauthor

  4. Jun 3, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Cabral-Guevara withdrawn as a coauthor

  5. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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