Senate Bill 600
Decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 16, 2022. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Oct 8, 2021
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Jan 25, 2022
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Jan 25, 2022
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2021 Wisconsin Act 180
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 16, 2022: “Published 3-17-2022”
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Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill decriminalizes the use of fentanyl testing strips to test a substance for the presence of fentanyl. Under current law, fentanyl testing strips are considered drug paraphernalia, and it is a felony for any person to use or possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia. The bill excepts fentanyl testing strips from the definition of “drug paraphernalia.”
Who's behind it
7 senators are its . 5 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
40 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (40)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Summerfield · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Shannon Zimmerman · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 0 · Jan 20, 2022
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 16, 2022
The new law was published.
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Mar 16, 2022
The governor signed it. It became 2021 Wisconsin Act 180.
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Mar 15, 2022
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 10, 2022
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 25, 2022
The Assembly passed it too.
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Jan 25, 2022
“Read” (the official wording)
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Jan 25, 2022
The Assembly received it.
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Jan 25, 2022
The Senate passed it.
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Jan 20, 2022
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.
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Jan 13, 2022
The committee held a public hearing.
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Nov 16, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Nov 4, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 20, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 8, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Oct 8, 2021
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 8, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, L. Taylor, Larson, Carpenter, Ringhand, Agard and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives James, Zimmerman, Ortiz-Velez, Krug, Armstrong, Moses, Cabral-Guevara, Emerson, Milroy, Tittl, Magnafici, Baldeh, Spiros, Plumer, Snodgrass, Dittrich, Summerfield, Drake, Sinicki, Callahan, Billings, Hesselbein, Conley, Subeck, Stubbs, Spreitzer, Considine, Shelton, B. Meyers, Duchow, Allen, Tusler, Mursau, Schraa, Bowen, Horlacher, Knodl and Cabrera
- Oct 8, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Oct 20, 2021 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 4, 2021 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 16, 2021 · Senate
Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor
- Jan 13, 2022 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jan 20, 2022 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jan 20, 2022 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- Jan 20, 2022 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Jan 21, 2022 · Senate
Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Jan 25, 2022 · Senate
Read a second time
- Jan 25, 2022 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Jan 25, 2022 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Jan 25, 2022 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Jan 25, 2022 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly
Read
- Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 26, 2022 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Feb 3, 2022 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Mar 10, 2022 · Senate
Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 3-15-2022
- Mar 16, 2022 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 3-16-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 180
- Mar 16, 2022 · Senate
Published 3-17-2022
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote