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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Senate Bill 827

Providing alcohol beverage retailers with identification scanners

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

    Dec 19, 2023

  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 Insurance and Small Business. 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.

Current law prohibits municipalities from providing to alcohol beverage retail licensees any device capable of scanning a driver's license or identification card issued by the Department of Transportation.

The bill repeals this prohibition and also prohibits a municipality that provides such a device from collecting or retaining data derived from the device.

Who's behind it

3 senators are its ⁠. All 3 are Democrats.

9 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 12 names

Authors (3)

Signed on in support (9)

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jan 3, 2024

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Dec 19, 2023

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance and Small Business.

  4. Dec 19, 2023

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 19, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Spreitzer and Agard; cosponsored by Representatives Jacobson, C. Anderson, Madison, Considine, J. Anderson, Joers, Ohnstad and Sinicki

  2. Dec 19, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance and Small Business

  3. Jan 3, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · 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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

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

More in the glossary

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

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