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WI SB 211

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

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WI SB 211 pass?

No. WI SB 211 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-23). Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI SB 211 about?

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

Who sponsors WI SB 211?

Cabral-Guevara, Testin, Nass and 2 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 211.

Introduced
2025-04-16
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Cabral-Guevaraprimary
  • Testinprimary
  • Nassprimary
  • Feyenprimary
  • Tomczykprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-16

    Introduced by Senators Tomczyk, Feyen, Nass, Testin and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Gustafson, Ortiz-Velez, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Dallman, Donovan, Green, Goeben, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Pronschinske, Rodriguez, Tittl, Tucker, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman, Sinicki and Miresse

    introduction

  2. 2025-04-16

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-04-23

    Representative Kirsch added as a cosponsor

  4. 2025-10-29

    Public hearing held

  5. 2025-11-03

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Tomczyk

    amendment-introduction

  6. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb211

Attribution

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