Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin AB 211

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

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Vetoed

Sponsors

• Kirsch (Democratic)
• Miresse (Democratic)
• Rodriguez (Republican)
• Piwowarczyk (Republican)
• Sinicki (Democratic)
• Wittke (Republican)
• Neylon (Republican)
• Dallman (Republican)
• Behnke (Republican)
• B. Jacobson (Republican)
• Tucker (Republican)
• Green (Republican)
• Murphy (Republican)
• Mursau (Republican)
• Pronschinske (Republican)
• Wichgers (Republican)
• Penterman (Republican)
• Donovan (Republican)
• Tittl (Republican)
• Knodl (Republican)
• Goeben (Republican)
• Kitchens (Republican)
• Krug (Republican)
• Brill (Republican)
• Melotik (Republican)
• Zimmerman (Republican)
• Armstrong (Republican)
• Gundrum (Republican)
• Callahan (Republican)
• Ortiz-Velez (Democratic)
• Gustafson (Republican)

Summary

Text versions

• Assembly Amendment 1
• Bill Text
• Text as Enrolled

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 8:01 AM.

Actions

• May 13, 2026 · House
  Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
• May 12, 2026 · House
  Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
• Dec 5, 2025 · House
  Report vetoed by the Governor on 12-5-2025
• Dec 4, 2025 · House
  Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025
• Nov 19, 2025 · House
  Report correctly enrolled on 11-19-2025
• Nov 19, 2025 · House
  Received from Senate concurred in
• Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
  Ordered immediately messaged
• Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
  Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15
• Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
  Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
• Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
  Ordered to a third reading
• Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
  Read a second time
• Nov 14, 2025 · Senate
  Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
• Nov 12, 2025 · Senate
  Available for scheduling
• Nov 12, 2025 · Senate
  Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2
• Nov 11, 2025 · Senate
  Executive action taken
• Oct 29, 2025 · Senate
  Public hearing held
• Sep 12, 2025 · Senate
  Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
• Sep 11, 2025 · Senate
  Received from Assembly
• Sep 11, 2025 · House
  Ordered immediately messaged
• Sep 11, 2025 · House
  Read a third time and passed, Ayes 57, Noes 37, Paired 2
• Sep 11, 2025 · House
  Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
• Sep 11, 2025 · House
  Rules suspended
• Sep 11, 2025 · House
  Ordered to a third reading
• Sep 11, 2025 · House
  Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
• Sep 11, 2025 · House
  Read a second time
• Sep 10, 2025 · House
  Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Gustafson
• Sep 9, 2025 · House
  Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 9-11-2025
• Jul 8, 2025 · House
  Referred to committee on Rules
• Jul 8, 2025 · House
  Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 1
• Jun 25, 2025 · House
  Executive action taken
• Jun 17, 2025 · House
  Public hearing held
• Apr 23, 2025 · House
  Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
• Apr 23, 2025 · House
  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