Assembly Bill 451
Exempting tobacco bars from the public smoking ban
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 28, 2023
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. 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 exempts tobacco bars that allow the smoking of only cigars and pipes from the general prohibition under current law against smoking in indoor locations.
Current law defines a “tobacco bar” as a tavern that generates 15 percent or more of its annual gross income from the sale on the tavern premises, other than from a vending machine, of cigars and pipe tobacco. Under current law, tobacco bars that existed on June 3, 2009, are exempt from the general prohibition against smoking in indoor locations.
Who's behind it
23 representatives are its . 22 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (23)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Binsfeld · Republican, Assembly
- Ty Bodden · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- Alex Dallman · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Gus Gustafson · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Treig Pronschinske · Republican, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Johnson · Republican, Assembly
- Peter Schmidt · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Sep 28, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.
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Sep 28, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 28, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Gustafson, C. Anderson, Armstrong, Behnke, Binsfeld, Bodden, Brandtjen, Callahan, Dallman, Donovan, Green, Gundrum, S. Johnson, Kitchens, Madison, Melotik, Plumer, Pronschinske, Rettinger, Schmidt, Schraa, Sortwell, Steffen and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Knodl, Nass, Tomczyk and Wanggaard
- Sep 28, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Oct 2, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Madison withdrawn as a coauthor
- Oct 5, 2023 · Assembly
Senator Wanggaard withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
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