AWARE: Current Bills
AWARE (All Wisconsin Alcohol Risk Education) is a UW Health-convened coalition to improve the health and safety of Wisconsin residents in the fight against alcohol abuse.
The following bills are currently circulating through the Wisconsin State Legislature. AWARE supports these bills and encourages you to use the "Find Your Legislator" link at right to contact your representative to voice your support.
Bills
| Bill | Description |
| Assembly Bill 17 |
The bill makes it mandatory for a judge to require that the person's operating privilege be limited, for a minimum of one year, to operating vehicles that are equipped with an ignition interlock device if either of the following are true:
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| Assembly Bill 30 | This bill requires underage children accompanying parents or legal guardians to businesses serving alcohol to be at least 18 years old to be able to drink alcoholic beverages. |
| Assembly Bill 66 |
Under this bill, no Class "B" or "Class B" licensee or permittee may, for a fixed price, provide to a customer an unlimited or undefined quantity of beer or intoxicating liquor.
Read supporting testimony by MADD (pdf) Read supporting testimony by the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs (pdf) |
| Assembly Bill 67 | This bill restricts the alcohol consumption of employees or owners during their working hours. |
| Assembly Bill 106 / Senate Bill 30 |
Limits consumption of alcohol by underage people accompanied by parents, guardians or spouses of legal drinking age to those who are at least 18 years old.
Read supporting testimony by Dr. Paul Grossberg (pdf) Read supporting testimony by Assembly Committee on Urban and Families and Local Affairs (pdf) |
| Assembly Bill 130 | Under this bill, if the person is convicted of an OWI−related offense, the person must be assessed any costs associated with acquiring a blood sample and administering a blood test or analysis that were charged to or paid by a law enforcement agency. |
| Assembly Bill 155 | This bill creates penalties for persons who unlawfully provide, on licensed premises, alcohol beverages to underage persons who are 18, 19, or 20 years of age, if the provider knows or should know that the person is underage and the underage person suffers great bodily harm or death as a result of consuming the alcohol beverages. |
| Assembly Bill 156 | The bill increases the monetary and imprisonment penalties for operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant or controlled substance offenses (OWI). |
| Assembly Bill 191 | This bill expands the sentencing option to allow a violator to successfully complete a period of probation that includes alcohol and other drug treatment in exchange for a shorter period of imprisonment. |
| Assembly Bill 218 | Under this bill, a person who commits his or her first offense related to driving while intoxicated and who has a blood alcohol concentration between 0.08 and 0.99 is liable for the surcharges or fees and must comply with an alcohol or other drug assessment program. |
| Assembly Bill 283 |
The bill makes it mandatory for a judge to require that a person's operating privilege be limited, for a minimum of one year, to operating vehicles that are equipped with an ignition interlock device if the person commits a first OWI−related offense with an alcohol concentration of 0.15 or more, or commits a second OWI−related offense.
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| Assembly Bill 287 | This bill increases the tax rate for the tax on fermented malt beverages from $2 per barrel to $10 per barrel. An amount of the taxes collected will be used to provide grants to counties and municipalities to reduce crimes related to alcohol use. |
| Senate Bill 30 | Under this bill, an underage person accompanied by a parent, guardian, or spouse who has attained the legal drinking age may possess, consume, or be provided alcohol beverages on licensed premises only if the underage person is at least 18 years of age. |
| Senate Bill 32 | This bill lowers the prohibited blood alcohol content for a person with one or more OWI−related offenses to 0.02. |
| Senate Bill 66 |
This bill makes numerous changes to the laws related to the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant (OWI), including requiring the court to order the installation of a ignition interlock device on a person's motor vehicle if the person has a third conviction, suspension or revocation for OWI within any period, or if the person has a second conviction, suspension or revocation for OWI within any period and had an alcohol concentration of 0.16 or greater.
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