WI AB 211

dead

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

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AB 211 pass?

No. WI AB 211 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-05-13). Latest recorded action (2026-05-13): Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

What is WI AB 211 about?

WI AB 211 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: exempting tobacco bars from the public smoking ban.”.

Who sponsors WI AB 211?

Kirsch, Miresse, Rodriguez and 28 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 211.

Introduced: 2025-04-23
Latest action: 2026-05-13 — Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-04-23
Introduced by Representatives Gustafson, Ortiz-Velez, Callahan, Gundrum, Armstrong, Zimmerman, Melotik, Brill, Krug, Kitchens, Goeben, Knodl, Tittl, Donovan, Penterman, Wichgers, Pronschinske, Mursau, Murphy, Green, Tucker, B. Jacobson, Behnke, Dallman, Neylon, Wittke, Sinicki, Piwowarczyk, Rodriguez, Miresse and Kirsch; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Feyen, Nass, Testin and Cabral-Guevara
introduction
2025-04-23
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-06-17
Public hearing held
2025-06-25
Executive action taken
2025-07-08
Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 1
committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-08
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-09-09
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 9-11-2025
referral
2025-09-10
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Gustafson
amendment-introduction
2025-09-11
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-09-11
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2025-09-11
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-09-11
Rules suspended
2025-09-11
Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
2025-09-11
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 57, Noes 37, Paired 2
passage,reading-3
2025-09-11
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-09-11
Received from Assembly
receipt
2025-09-12
Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-10-29
Public hearing held
2025-11-11
Executive action taken
2025-11-12
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-12
Available for scheduling
2025-11-14
Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2025-11-18
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-11-18
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-11-18
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2025-11-18
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15
passage,reading-3
2025-11-18
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-11-19
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2025-11-19
Report correctly enrolled on 11-19-2025
enrolled
2025-12-04
Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025
executive-receipt
2025-12-05
Report vetoed by the Governor on 12-5-2025
executive-veto
2026-05-12
Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
2026-05-13
Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
failure

Versions

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Documents

Votes

Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 1
2025-07-08 · pass · 7-1
PASSAGE
2025-09-11 · pass · 57-37
Member-level votes (94)
- DOYLE: no
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: no
- FITZGERALD: no
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: no
- GREEN: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: no
- HONG: no
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: no
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: no
- JOERS: no
- JOHNSON: no
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: yes
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: no
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: no
- MCCARVILLE: no
- MCGUIRE: no
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: yes
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: no
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: yes
- PALMERI: no
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: no
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: yes
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: no
- SHEEHAN: no
- SINICKI: yes
- SNODGRASS: no
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPAUDE: no
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: no
- STUBBS: yes
- SUBECK: no
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TAYLOR: no
- TENORIO: no
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: no
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: no
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- ANDRACA: no
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: no
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: no
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: no
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: no
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: no
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: no
- DESMIDT: no
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2
2025-11-12 · pass · 3-2
CONCURRENCE
2025-11-18 · pass · 18-15
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- QUINN: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JAMES: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- NASS: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- CARPENTER: no
- JOHNSON: no
- ROYS: no
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: no
- KEYESKI: no
- SMITH: no
- DRAKE: no
- LARSON: no
- SPREITZER: no
- HABUSH SINYKIN: no
- PFAFF: no
- WALL: no
- HESSELBEIN: no
- RATCLIFF: no
- WIRCH: no

Related bills

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Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab211

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