Alcohol beverage: Regulation
62 bills and resolutions. 13 became law, 1 was vetoed, and 18 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.
This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.
Latest activity
The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.
- AB 211 Exempting tobacco bars from the public smoking ban.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
- SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
- AB 50 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026
- AB 606 Regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products, renaming the Division of Alcohol Beverages as the Division of Intoxicating Products, creating an occupational tax on hemp-derived cannabinoid products, alcohol beverage warehouses and production arrangements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026
- AB 705 The issuance of an alcohol beverage retail license for premises where certain art-related business is conducted.
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026
Every bill on this subject
2025–26 session: 11
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- May 13, 2026 AB 211: Exempting tobacco bars from the public smoking ban.
Vetoed by the governor.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 606: Regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products, renaming the Division of Alcohol Beverages as the Division of Intoxicating Products, creating an occupational tax on hemp-derived cannabinoid products, alcohol beverage warehouses and production arrangements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1194: The sale of alcohol beverages by a municipality or county in a park.
Stopped in committee.
- May 13, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 211: Exempting tobacco bars from the public smoking ban.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
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- Mar 23, 2026
2011–12 session: 23
- Aug 2, 2012
- Apr 5, 2012
- Dec 12, 2011
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 95: Permits issued by the Department of Revenue for the retail sale of alcohol beverages.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Apr 5, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 425: Retail licenses held by wineries.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 464: Alcohol beverages violations by underage persons on licensed premises.
Stopped in committee.
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- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 521: Homemade wine and fermented malt beverages.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 695: Compensation for loss of fermented malt beverages distribution rights.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 4, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 44: Closing hours for certain alcohol beverage retailers.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 155: Temporary alcohol beverages licenses issued for fairgrounds and eligibility for state aid for fairs.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 205: The manufacture of wine and fermented malt beverages not offered for sale.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 276: Municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 328: Retail licenses held by wineries.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 358: Alcohol beverages violations by underage persons on licensed premises.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 5, 2012
2009–10 session: 28
- Nov 18, 2009
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 66: Pricing of retail sales of alcohol beverages.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010
- May 26, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 85: Temporary alcohol beverage retail licenses.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Feb 9, 2010 AB 202: Bulk transfers of inventory.
Became law.
- Feb 22, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 253: Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
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- May 21, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 390: The possession and consumption of alcohol beverages by drivers and passengers on commercial quadricycles and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 466: Municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 674: Allowing a village in Dane County meeting specified criteria to exceed its retail liquor license quota by issuing three additional retail licenses.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 859: Semiannual meetings of small winery cooperative wholesalers.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Apr 28, 2010
- May 13, 2010
- Oct 23, 2009 AJR 78: Recall of enrolled 2009 Assembly Bill 8.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 143: Bulk transfers of inventory.
Stopped in committee.
- May 20, 2009
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 192: The possession and consumption of alcohol beverages on retail licensed premises in a park in a 1st class city.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 234: The consumption of alcohol beverages in public places.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 294: Municipal quotas for retail intoxicating liquor licenses.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 510: Allowing a village in Waushara County to exceed its retail liquor license quota by issuing one additional retail license.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject