Wisconsin 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 2 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 716 — Relating to: prohibiting the sale and use of coal tar-based sealants and high PAH sealant products. (FE)

Last action — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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49 added · 8 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to SB 716 removed the phrase "or otherwise use" from the bill's language. This change clarifies that the law specifically prohibits the sale of coal tar-based sealants and high PAH sealant products, but it does not explicitly include any other forms of usage under the prohibition. Simplifying the wording helps avoid confusion about the bill's intent and ensures that the focus remains on selling these harmful products, making it easier to enforce the law.

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- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBa1016/1 ZDW:wlj SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 716 January 30, 2020 - Offered by SenatoOWLES.
- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRB-5281/1 MCP:cdc SENATE BILL 716 January 24, 2020 - Introduced by Senators C OWLES, M ILLER, TESTIN, OLSEN, P ETROWSKI, R INGHAND , RISSER, SMITH and W ANGGAARD , cosponsored by Representatives K ITCHENS, POPE, SUMMERFIELD , NOVAK , SHANKLAND , HEBL, F ELZKOWSKI, ANDERSON , BALLWEG , BILLING, CABRERA , ONSIDINE , DITTRIC, D OYLE, EDMING , EMERSON , GRUSZYNSKI, KOLSTE , KULP, MAGNAFICI, MILROY, M URSAU , NEUBAUER , OHNSTAD, PETRYK , QUINN, RAMTHUN , SARGENT, SINICK, S KOWRONSKI , PREITZER, STEFFEN , TUBBS , STUCK, SUBECK , WEARINGEN , C.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
T AYLOR, TRANEL, TUSLER, VINING, VRUWINK , ZAMARRIPA, ZIMMERMAN , HINTZ, P LUMER and B ORN.
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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy.
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A N A CT to create 299.48 of the statutes;
delete “or otherwise use".
relating to:
prohibiting the sale and use of coal tar-based sealants and high PAH sealant products.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill prohibits the sale of coal tar-based sealant products and high PAH sealant products (products with more than 0.1 percent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by weight) beginning January 1, 2021, and prohibits the use of such products beginning July 1, 2021.
A person who violates these prohibitions is subject to the same penalty that applies under current law to other general environmental provisions, which is a forfeiture of between $10 and $5,000 for each violation.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
299.48 of the statutes is created to read:
299.48 Sale and use of coal tar sealants.
(1) D EFINITIONS.In this section:
(a) “Coal tar sealant product” means a surface applied sealing product containing coal tar, coal tar pitch, coal tar pitch volatiles, or any variation assigned - 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-5281/1 MCP:cdc SENATE BILL 716 S ECTION 1 the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number 65996-93-2, 65996-89-6, or 8007-45-2.
(b) “High PAH sealant product” means a surface applied sealant product that contains more than 0.1 percent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by weight.
(2) PROHIBITIONS.
(a) Beginning January 1, 2021, no person may sell or offer for sale a coal tar sealant product or high PAH sealant product, except as provided in sub.
(3).
(b) Beginning July 1, 2021, no person may apply or otherwise use a coal tar sealant product or high PAH sealant product, except as provided in sub.
(3).
(3) E XEMPTIONS.The department may grant an exemption to the prohibitions under sub.
(2) to any of the following upon written request:
(a) A person who is researching the effects of a coal tar sealant product or high PAH sealant product on the environment.
(b) A person who is developing an alternative technology if the use of a coal tar sealant product or high PAH sealant product is required for research or development.
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Action History

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Available for scheduling

  3. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  4. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  5. Executive action taken

  6. Fiscal estimate received

  7. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles

  8. Public hearing held

  9. Senator Kooyenga added as a coauthor

  10. Representative Brostoff added as a cosponsor

  11. Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

  12. Introduced by Senators Cowles, Miller, Testin, Olsen, Petrowski, Ringhand, Risser, Smith and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Pope, Summerfield, Novak, Shankland, Hebl, Felzkowski, Anderson, Ballweg, Billings, Cabrera, Considine, Dittrich, Doyle, Edming, Emerson, Gruszynski, Kolste, Kulp, Magnafici, Milroy, Mursau, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Petryk, Quinn, Ramthun, Sargent, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Steffen, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, Swearingen, C. Taylor, Tranel, Tusler, Vining, Vruwink, Zamarripa, Zimmerman, Hintz, Plumer and Born

Sponsors

  • Cowles · Primary
  • Miller · Primary
  • Patrick Testin · Primary
  • Olsen · Primary
  • Petrowski · Primary
  • Ringhand · Primary
  • Risser · Primary
  • Van Wanggaard · Primary
  • Jeff Smith · Primary

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Who sponsors SB 716?
SB 716 is sponsored by Cowles, Miller, Testin, Patrick (Republican), Olsen, Petrowski, Ringhand, Risser, Wanggaard, Van (Republican), and Smith, Jeff (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 716?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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