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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 357

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Relating to: regulating the sale of items that are qualified medical expenses below cost. (FE)

Drugs Medical service Medical service — Occupations Trade practice Vaccination

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill exempts from the Unfair Sales Act items that are qualified medical

expenses. Under current law, the Unfair Sales Act, also known as the “minimum

markup law,” prohibits retailers and wholesalers from selling merchandise for less

than the cost of the merchandise to the seller. Under the bill, the prohibition on

below-cost sales does not apply to vaccines, prescription drugs, or physical items

whose costs are qualified medical expenses under federal law.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Jacque (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R)

29 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Horlacher (R) , James (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Magnafici (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Neylon (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rozar (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Snyder (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Sep 15, 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. May 25, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Stroebel, Carpenter, Jacque and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Neylon, Knodl, Allen, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Dallman, Dittrich, Duchow, Horlacher, James, Krug, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Murphy, Moses, Oldenburg, Ramthun, Rozar, Sanfelippo, Skowronski, Snyder, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler, Wittke, Wichgers and Schraa

  2. May 25, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection

  3. Jun 29, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jul 6, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Sep 15, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Sep 15, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  7. Sep 15, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Jan 21, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  10. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  13. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1