---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the prohibition against underage persons being present on alcohol licensed premises."
description: "Relating to: the prohibition against underage persons being present on alcohol licensed premises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "AB 194"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 194 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernier", "Horlacher", "Kerkman", "Knodl", "Kremer", "Kulp", "Petryk", "Pronschinske", "Quinn", "R. Brooks", "Summerfield", "Swearingen", "Wachs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-24T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68cdef27-7a40-4367-a805-938d596e722c"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab194"
source_hash: "a34b95ddb9aa77efc498b84954424e7759eec9e5f6245094ffab7263997353d9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin AB 194 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: the prohibition against underage persons being present on alcohol licensed premises.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/AB194)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 1 — **10–1** (pass) · legislature
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bernier — primary (person)
- Horlacher — primary (person)
- Kerkman — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kremer — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Petryk — primary (person)
- Pronschinske — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- R. Brooks — primary (person)
- Summerfield — primary (person)
- Swearingen — primary (person)
- Wachs — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Summerfield, Swearingen, Bernier, Petryk, Pronschinske, Wachs, R. Brooks, Horlacher, Quinn, Kremer, Knodl, Kulp and Kerkman; cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Vinehout and Feyen `introduction`
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- **2017-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-2-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Schraa added as a coauthor
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2017-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-10-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2017-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 5-23-2017
- **2017-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 5-23-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 5-24-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 7 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Published 5-25-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68cdef27-7a40-4367-a805-938d596e722c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).