Senate Bill 572
Fees imposed on merchants in connection with credit card transactions and providing a penalty
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
Sep 24, 2021
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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 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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 prohibits a “swipe fee" from being imposed against a merchant on the tax portion of a transaction when a purchase is made from the merchant using a credit card. The bill also prohibits a “swipe fee” from being imposed on the portion of any transaction that is a fee imposed by a city, village, town, or county. Any person that violates this prohibition may be required to forfeit not more than $200 for each violation.
Who's behind it
9 senators are its . 7 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.
26 more lawmakers .
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Authors (9)
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (26)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- Alex Dallman · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Adam Neylon · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Loren Oldenburg · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
- Tyler Vorpagel · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 21, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Sep 24, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue.
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Sep 24, 2021
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 24, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Feyen, Wanggaard, Bradley, Felzkowski, Jagler, Pfaff, Roys, Stroebel and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Vorpagel, Armstrong, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Dallman, Edming, Gundrum, James, Kitchens, Knodl, Moses, Neylon, Novak, Oldenburg, Penterman, Rozar, Schraa, Sinicki, Sortwell, Spiros, Swearingen, Tauchen, Tittl, VanderMeer, Wittke and Thiesfeldt
- Sep 24, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue
- Oct 11, 2021 · Senate
Representative Sinicki withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Oct 21, 2021 · Senate
Representative Tusler added as a cosponsor
- Mar 15, 2022 · 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