WIth 33 Republican sponsors and just 3 Democrats signing on, it's a stretch to call 2025 Assembly Bill 211 "bipartisan"

 

Headline:  Wisconsin Public Radio, 5/22/2025

Bill screengrab:  Wisconsin Legislature (highlights added)

Lorin Cox reports:

When Wisconsin passed a statewide indoor-smoking ban in 2009, lawmakers included an exception for cigar bars that were already open at the time. 

Since then, the state has not allowed any new tobacco bar licenses to be issued, but a bill in the Legislature would change that. 

The bipartisan legislation authored by Rep. Nate Gustafson, R-Fox Crossing, would give local municipalities the ability to issue new tobacco bar licenses if they want to.

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