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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Senate Bill 1093

Banning products containing intentionally added PFAS and providing a penalty. (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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 18, 2024

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Beginning January 1, 2028, this bill prohibits the sale or distribution of certain products that contain intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including food packaging, cleaning products, cosmetics, and textile furnishings. The bill prohibits the sale or distribution of all products containing intentionally added PFAS beginning January 1, 2034. The bill provides certain exemptions to this ban, including by allowing the Department of Natural Resources to identify, by rule, products in which the use of PFAS is an unavoidable use.

The bill allows DNR to require manufacturers to test certain products for PFAS.

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A person that violates the prohibition on sales and distribution is subject to a civil forfeiture of $100 for each violating product, for each day that the violation continues.

Who's behind it

10 senators are its ⁠. All 10 are Democrats.

21 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (10)

Signed on in support (21)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 9, 2024

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Apr 3, 2024 to Apr 4, 2024

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  4. Mar 18, 2024

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy.

  5. Mar 18, 2024

    Introduced in the Senate.

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  1. Mar 18, 2024 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Pfaff, Agard, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Palmeri, Billings, Baldeh, J. Anderson, Andraca, Bare, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Hong, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ratcliff, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs and Subeck

  2. Mar 18, 2024 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

  3. Apr 3, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Madison added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 4, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Vining added as a cosponsor

  5. Apr 9, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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