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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 211

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: exempting tobacco bars from the public smoking ban.

Alcohol beverage — Regulation Tobacco Town

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill exempts tobacco bars from the general prohibition under current law against smoking in indoor locations if the tobacco bar satisfies all of the following: 1) the tobacco bar came into existence on or after June 4, 2009; 2) only the smoking of cigars and pipes is allowed in the tobacco bar; and 3) the tobacco bar is not a retail food establishment. 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. Also, under current law, tobacco bars that existed on June 3, 2009, are exempt from the general prohibition against smoking in indoor locations.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cabral-Guevara (R) , Feyen (R) , Nass (R) , Testin (R) , Tomczyk (R)

31 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Callahan (R) , Dallman (R) , Donovan (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Gustafson (R) , Kirsch (D) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Melotik (R) , Miresse (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Neylon (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Penterman (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Sinicki (D) , Tittl (R) , Tucker (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R) , Zimmerman (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 16

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Full history

  1. Apr 16, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Tomczyk, Feyen, Nass, Testin and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Gustafson, Ortiz-Velez, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Dallman, Donovan, Green, Goeben, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Pronschinske, Rodriguez, Tittl, Tucker, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman, Sinicki and Miresse

  2. Apr 16, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

  3. Apr 23, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Kirsch added as a cosponsor

  4. Oct 29, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Nov 3, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Tomczyk

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1