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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 277

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Relating to: sales of alcohol beverages at the state fair park.

Alcohol beverage — Regulation State fair park board

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates a licensing exception allowing retail sales of alcohol beverages

at the state fair park.

Under current law, with limited exceptions, no person may sell alcohol

beverages to a consumer unless the seller possesses a license or permit authorizing

the sale.

This bill creates a licensing exception under which a person who meets certain

qualifications and is approved by the State Fair Park Board may, without a retail

license or permit, make retail sales of alcohol beverages at the state fair park for

consumption at the state fair park. However, an approved winery trade association

may also make retail sales of wine for consumption away from the state fair park.

The same State Fair Park Board approval is also required for a brewer or brewpub

that makes retail sales at the state fair park.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bowen (D) , Callahan (R) , Duchow (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Magnafici (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Sinicki (D) , Vorpagel (R)

7 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Carpenter (D) , Darling (R) , Felzkowski (R) , L. Myers (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Ringhand (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 May 6, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 May 6, 2021 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. Apr 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Loudenbeck, Vorpagel, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Duchow, Moses, Bowen, Callahan, Kitchens, Mursau and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Ballweg, Carpenter, Felzkowski, Ringhand and L. Taylor

  2. Apr 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. May 4, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Loudenbeck

  4. May 5, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. May 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. May 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  7. May 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  8. May 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. May 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 by Committee on Rules

  10. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  11. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  14. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative L. Myers added as a coauthor

  15. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  18. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up

  19. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  20. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  21. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  22. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  23. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  25. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  26. May 13, 2021 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  27. May 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 5-13-2021

  28. May 20, 2021 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 5-20-2021

  29. May 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 5-21-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 43

  30. May 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Published 5-22-2021