| 1 | 1 | | 2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE |
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| 2 | 2 | | LRB-0951/1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | KP:cdc |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 211 |
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| 5 | 5 | | April 23, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives GUSTAFSON, ORTIZ-VELEZ, |
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| 6 | 6 | | CALLAHAN, GUNDRUM, ARMSTRONG, ZIMMERMAN, MELOTIK, BRILL, KRUG, |
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| 7 | 7 | | KITCHENS, GOEBEN, KNODL, TITTL, DONOVAN, PENTERMAN, WICHGERS, |
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| 8 | 8 | | PRONSCHINSKE, MURSAU, MURPHY, GREEN, TUCKER, B. JACOBSON, BEHNKE, |
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| 9 | 9 | | DALLMAN, NEYLON, WITTKE, SINICKI, PIWOWARCZYK, RODRIGUEZ, MIRESSE |
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| 10 | 10 | | and KIRSCH, cosponsored by Senators TOMCZYK, FEYEN, NASS, TESTIN and |
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| 11 | 11 | | CABRAL-GUEVARA. Referred to Committee on State Affairs. |
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| 13 | 13 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 14 | 14 | | AN ACT to create 101.123 (3) (n) of the statutes; relating to: exempting tobacco |
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| 15 | 15 | | bars from the public smoking ban. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 17 | 17 | | This bill exempts tobacco bars from the general prohibition under current law |
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| 18 | 18 | | against smoking in indoor locations if the tobacco bar satisfies all of the following: |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1) the tobacco bar came into existence on or after June 4, 2009; 2) only the smoking |
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| 20 | 20 | | of cigars and pipes is allowed in the tobacco bar; and 3) the tobacco bar is not a retail |
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| 21 | 21 | | food establishment. Current law defines a Xtobacco barY as a tavern that generates |
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| 22 | 22 | | 15 percent or more of its annual gross income from the sale on the tavern premises, |
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| 23 | 23 | | other than from a vending machine, of cigars and pipe tobacco. Also, under current |
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| 24 | 24 | | law, tobacco bars that existed on June 3, 2009, are exempt from the general |
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| 25 | 25 | | prohibition against smoking in indoor locations. |
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| 26 | 26 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 27 | 27 | | enact as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 1. 101.123 (3) (n) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 101.123 (3) (n) A tobacco bar that satisfies all of the following: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1. The tobacco bar came into existence on or after June 4, 2009. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 2025 - 2026 Legislature |
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| 36 | 36 | | ASSEMBLY BILL 211 |
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| 37 | 37 | | - 2 - LRB-0951/1 |
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| 38 | 38 | | KP:cdc |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 1 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2. Only the smoking of cigars and pipes is allowed in the tobacco bar. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 3. The tobacco bar is not a retail food establishment, as defined in s. 97.30 (1) |
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| 42 | 42 | | (c). |
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| 43 | 43 | | (END) |
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