2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 211

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

Vetoed Last action May 13, 2026: Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

Sponsors 31

Prime sponsors

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

Status

Vetoed as of May 13, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Assembly Rules, Assembly State Affairs, Senate Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 33

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

Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.