Senate Bill 691
The issuance of an alcohol beverage retail license for premises where certain art-related business is conducted
Topics: Alcohol beverage: Regulation, Arts
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Dec 2, 2025
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue. The committee's chair at the time was Patrick Testin. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 705. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
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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.
Current law specifies that an alcohol beverage retail license may be issued for a painting studio and provides exceptions to some requirements that generally apply to licensed establishments. Under current law, painting studios with alcohol beverage licenses are excepted from certain restrictions on operating hours and the presence of unaccompanied minors. “Painting studio” is defined under current law as “an establishment that is primarily engaged in the business of providing to customers instruction in the art of painting and that offers customers the opportunity to purchase food and beverages for consumption while they paint.” This bill changes the term “painting studio” to “art studio” and expands the definition to cover candlemaking.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Democrats.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (14)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Sequanna Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 2, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue.
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Dec 2, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 2, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Ratcliff and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Moore Omokunde, Arney, Anderson, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Madison, Palmeri, Prado, Roe, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs and Taylor
- Dec 2, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue
- Mar 23, 2026 · 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.
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