Senate Bill 1038
Licenses for the retail sale of electronic smoking devices and making an appropriation. (FE)
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 9, 2022
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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, Mar 17, 2022: “Fiscal estimate received”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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 requires a person who sells electronic smoking devices to obtain a cigarette and tobacco products retailer license. The bill defines an “electronic smoking device” as any device that can be used to deliver an aerosolized or vaporized liquid or other substance for inhalation, regardless of whether the liquid or other substance contains nicotine, including parts, accessories, liquids, substances, e-cigarettes, e-cigars, e-pipes, vape pens, and e-hookahs.
Specifically, the bill requires a retailer who sells or offers for sale electronic smoking devices to obtain an annual license from the clerk of the city, village, or town where the retailer is located. Under the bill, municipalities that issue retail licenses to sell cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices must submit a list annually to the Department of Revenue with a list of those licenses and certain information relating to the licenses and licensees, which DOR must post on its Internet site.
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The bill also authorizes cities, villages, and towns to enact an ordinance regulating cigarette, tobacco product, and electronic smoking device retailers if the ordinance is at least as stringent as the requirements under state law. Additionally, the bill authorizes two positions in the Department of Health Services to conduct investigations of retail sales of cigarettes, electronic smoking devices, and tobacco products, and two positions in DOR for administering and enforcing the taxes imposed on the sale of electronic smoking devices.
The bill also provides additional funding for 1) local investigations of retail sales of cigarettes and tobacco products, 2) special education aid the Department of Public Instruction pays to school districts, independent charter schools, cooperative educational service agencies, and county children with disabilities education boards;
3) the University of Wisconsin System under its general program operations appropriation; and 4) state aid to technical colleges.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Democrats.
16 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (16)
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 17, 2022
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 9, 2022
Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry.
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Mar 9, 2022
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 9, 2022 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Roys, Agard and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Vining, Pope, Billings, Baldeh, Bowen, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Hebl, Milroy, Sinicki, Shelton, Stubbs, Subeck, Vruwink and Spreitzer
- Mar 9, 2022 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Mar 17, 2022 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 17, 2022 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate