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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 230

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: requiring retail sellers to accept cash and providing a penalty. (FE)

Retail establishment Trade practice

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires a retailer who sells goods or services from a physical location to accept cash as payment during a face-to-face sale with a consumer at one or more points of sale at the physical location, unless the person is otherwise prohibited by law from accepting cash. A retailer who violates this requirement is subject to a civil forfeiture of $200 to $5,000.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cabral-Guevara (R) , Wanggaard (R)

7 cosponsors

Behnke (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Knodl (R) , Murphy (R) , Nedweski (R) , Piwowarczyk (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 12

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 29, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Goeben, Piwowarczyk, Green, Nedweski, Knodl, Murphy and Behnke

  2. Apr 29, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

  3. Jun 5, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1