Subjects

Consumer protection

131 bills across 7 sessions, from the Legislature's subject index.

• AB 50 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 45 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 172 Relating to: consumer data protection and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 202 Relating to: voidable provisions in residential rental agreements and the application of the Wisconsin Consumer Act to leases. (FE) Vetoed 2025
• AB 217 Relating to: local government competitive bidding thresholds. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 406 Relating to: University of Wisconsin System resident undergraduate tuition and fees. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 742 Relating to: regulation of lease-purchase agreements for personal property and creating a cause of action. Died at session end 2025
• AB 779 Relating to: increasing jurisdictional amounts in small claims actions. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 835 Relating to: grants for students enrolled in teacher education programs, school district revenue limits, the reimbursement rate for special education costs, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 910 Relating to: the amounts of fines and fees state agencies are authorized or required to impose by law. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AJR 36 Relating to: the right of the people to a clean, safe, and healthy natural environment and to its preservation (first consideration). Died at session end 2025
• SB 166 Relating to: consumer data protection and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 206 Relating to: voidable provisions in residential rental agreements and the application of the Wisconsin Consumer Act to leases. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 399 Relating to: University of Wisconsin System resident undergraduate tuition and fees. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 737 Relating to: regulation of lease-purchase agreements for personal property and creating a cause of action. Died at session end 2025
• SB 787 Relating to: increasing jurisdictional amounts in small claims actions. (FE) Became law 2025
• SB 828 Relating to: grants for students enrolled in teacher education programs, school district revenue limits, the reimbursement rate for special education costs, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SJR 37 Relating to: the right of the people to a clean, safe, and healthy natural environment and to its preservation (first consideration). Died at session end 2025
• AB 1158 Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1169 Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1186 Relating to: prohibiting retail dynamic price gouging of consumer goods and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1190 Relating to: algorithmic pricing of essential consumer goods, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2025
• AJR 112 Relating to: the right to keep and bear arms (first consideration). Died at session end 2025
• AJR 145 Relating to: establishing a presumption that persons accused of crimes are eligible for pretrial release and ending cash bail in Wisconsin (first consideration). Died at session end 2025
• AJR 146 Relating to: state contracts for stationery and printing (first consideration). Died at session end 2025
• AJR 152 Relating to: slavery or involuntary servitude in punishment of a crime (first consideration). Died at session end 2025
• SB 1123 Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1126 Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1140 Relating to: algorithmic pricing of essential consumer goods, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1171 Relating to: prohibiting retail dynamic price gouging of consumer goods and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2025
• SJR 105 Relating to: the right to keep and bear arms (first consideration). Died at session end 2025
• SJR 139 Relating to: slavery or involuntary servitude in punishment of a crime (first consideration). Died at session end 2025
• SJR 144 Relating to: accounting and expenditure of state funds and reduction of deficit (first consideration). Died at session end 2025
• SJR 145 Relating to: state contracts for stationery and printing (first consideration). Died at session end 2025
• AB 132 Relating to: University of Wisconsin System resident undergraduate tuition and fees. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 417 Relating to: automatic renewals of consumer contracts and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 464 Relating to: nonrecourse civil litigation advances and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2023
• AB 466 Relating to: consumer data protection and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 574 Relating to: regulating earned wage access services, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Became law 2023
• AB 617 Relating to: the licensing and regulation by the Department of Financial Institutions of consumer lenders, payday lenders, money transmitters, sales finance companies, collection agencies, mortgage bankers and mortgage brokers, adjustment service companies, community currency exchanges, and insurance premium finance companies; the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry; modifying and repealing rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 737 Relating to: exempting certain sales from the notice and right to cancel provisions of the Wisconsin Consumer Act. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 786 Relating to: limiting reporting of collections status for medical debt. Died at session end 2023
• SB 132 Relating to: University of Wisconsin System resident undergraduate tuition and fees. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 464 Relating to: nonrecourse civil litigation advances and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2023
• SB 579 Relating to: regulating earned wage access services, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 642 Relating to: consumer data protection and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 668 Relating to: the licensing and regulation by the Department of Financial Institutions of consumer lenders, payday lenders, money transmitters, sales finance companies, collection agencies, mortgage bankers and mortgage brokers, adjustment service companies, community currency exchanges, and insurance premium finance companies; the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry; modifying and repealing rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 2023
• SB 709 Relating to: exempting certain sales from the notice and right to cancel provisions of the Wisconsin Consumer Act. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1099 Relating to: updating an obsolete reference to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; eliminating an obsolete provision in the Wisconsin Consumer Act; updating a cross-reference to a federal law definition of high-cost mortgage; information included on a notary public's stamp and clarifying terminology and removing statutory duplication relating to notaries public (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Financial Institutions). Became law 2023
• AB 1146 Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1148 Relating to: increasing state supplemental payments based on cost of living adjustments. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 1038 Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 1052 Relating to: updating an obsolete reference to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; eliminating an obsolete provision in the Wisconsin Consumer Act; updating a cross-reference to a federal law definition of high-cost mortgage; information included on a notary public's stamp and clarifying terminology and removing statutory duplication relating to notaries public (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Financial Institutions). Died at session end 2023
• SB 1068 Relating to: limiting reporting of collections status for medical debt. Died at session end 2023
• SB 1090 Relating to: increasing state supplemental payments based on cost of living adjustments. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 68 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Became law 2021
• AB 382 Relating to: University of Wisconsin System resident undergraduate tuition and fees. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 477 Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 858 Relating to: consumer lawsuit lending and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2021
• AB 957 Relating to: consumer data protection and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 111 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 377 Relating to: University of Wisconsin System resident undergraduate tuition and fees. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 452 Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 842 Relating to: consumer lawsuit lending and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2021
• SB 957 Relating to: consumer data protection and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 977 Relating to: the privacy of consumer data, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1050 Relating to: the privacy of consumer data, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1099 Relating to: regulating earned income access services, providing a penalty, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1177 Relating to: consumer leases of mobile telephones under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. Died at session end 2021
• AB 56 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Became law 2019
• SB 59 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Died at session end 2019
• AB 369 Relating to: University of Wisconsin System resident undergraduate tuition. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 396 Relating to: actions in circuit court alleging discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 669 Relating to: repossession of collateral or leased goods. Died at session end 2019
• AB 870 Relating to: consumer access to personal data processed by a controller and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2019
• AB 871 Relating to: deletion of consumer personal data by controllers and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2019
• AB 872 Relating to: restricting controllers from using consumer personal data and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2019
• AB 923 Relating to: manufacture and sale of food and beverage containers that contain bisphenol A and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 961 Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 343 Relating to: University of Wisconsin System resident undergraduate tuition. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 366 Relating to: actions in circuit court alleging discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 613 Relating to: repossession of collateral or leased goods. Vetoed 2019
• SB 851 Relating to: the privacy of consumer data, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 64 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Became law 2017
• AB 212 Relating to: actions in circuit court alleging discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 663 Relating to: guaranteed asset protection products sold in connection with vehicle credit sales, loans, and consumer leases. Became law 2017
• AB 759 Relating to: regulation of rental-purchase agreements and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 773 Relating to: discovery of information in court proceedings; procedural requirements relating to class actions; consumer lawsuit lending; the statute of limitations for certain civil actions; agreements by the secretary of revenue to allow third-party audits related to unclaimed property; interest rates for overdue insurance claims; and providing a penalty. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 814 Relating to: a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 974 Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment on the basis of military service to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 140 Relating to: actions in circuit court alleging discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 586 Relating to: guaranteed asset protection products sold in connection with vehicle credit sales, loans, and consumer leases. Died at session end 2017
• SB 637 Relating to: regulation of rental-purchase agreements and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 645 Relating to: discovery of information in court proceedings; procedural requirements relating to class actions; consumer lawsuit lending; the statute of limitations for certain civil actions; agreements by the secretary of revenue to allow third-party audits related to unclaimed property; interest rates for overdue insurance claims; and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 1013 Relating to: limiting reporting of collections status for medical debt. Died at session end 2017
• SB 2 Relating to: a state minimum wage, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 12 Relating to: a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 61 Relating to: contract and lease language that limits a party's access to procedural or substantive rights. Died at session end 2015
• SB 92 Relating to: pleading requirements under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. Died at session end 2015
• SB 93 Relating to: motor vehicle repair practices. Became law 2015
• AB 117 Relating to: pleading requirements under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. Became law 2015
• AB 119 Relating to: motor vehicle repair practices. Died at session end 2015
• AB 264 Relating to: a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 295 Relating to: increasing school district revenue limits. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 307 Relating to: providing exemptions from practice protection laws for complementary and alternative health care practitioners; requirements and prohibitions for individuals who provide complementary and alternative health care services; and enforcement of practice and title protection laws by the Department of Safety and Professional Services. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 468 Relating to: an annual adjustment of the motor vehicle fuel tax rate. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 570 Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 610 Relating to: supplemental forfeitures for trade and consumer protection violations perpetrated against the elderly and disabled and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 972 Relating to: increasing the motor vehicle fuel tax rate to pay debt service on transportation bonding and adjusting the rate by the annual average change in the consumer price index. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 145 Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing to pay compensatory and punitive damages. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 198 Relating to: providing exemptions from practice protection laws for complementary and alternative health care practitioners; requirements and prohibitions for individuals who provide complementary and alternative health care services; and enforcement of practice and title protection laws by the Department of Safety and Professional Services. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 215 Relating to: increasing school district revenue limits. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 485 Relating to: supplemental forfeitures for trade and consumer protection violations perpetrated against the elderly and disabled and providing a penalty. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 763 Relating to: increasing the motor vehicle fuel tax rate to pay debt service on transportation bonding and adjusting the rate by the annual average change in the consumer price index. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 40 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2013 legislature. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 81 Relating to: contracting with residential contractors. Became law 2013
• SB 79 Relating to: contracting with residential contractors. Died at session end 2013
• AB 237 Relating to: motor vehicle repair practices. Died at session end 2013
• AB 607 Relating to: manufacture and sale of food and beverage containers that contain bisphenol A and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 653 Relating to: personal property within repossessed motor vehicles and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 686 Relating to: a state minimum wage, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 705 Relating to: portable electronics insurance. Died at session end 2013
• AB 717 Relating to: pleading requirements, and the cure of defaults on certain obligations, under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. Died at session end 2013
• AB 833 Relating to: contract and lease language that limits a party's access to procedural or substantive rights. Died at session end 2013
• AB 851 Relating to: form required for certain residential repair or construction contracts (suggested as remedial legislation by the Legislative Reference Bureau). Died at session end 2013
• AB 863 Relating to: litigation procedure, and debt collection, under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. Died at session end 2013
• SB 505 Relating to: a state minimum wage, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 524 Relating to: portable electronics insurance. Became law 2013
• SB 556 Relating to: pleading requirements, and the cure of defaults on certain obligations, under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. Died at session end 2013
• SB 594 Relating to: contract and lease language that limits a party's access to procedural or substantive rights. Died at session end 2013
• SB 640 Relating to: form required for certain residential repair or construction contracts (suggested as remedial legislation by the Legislative Reference Bureau). Became law 2013