---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: automatic renewal of contracts involving industrial gases and related equipment."
description: "Relating to: automatic renewal of contracts involving industrial gases and related equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 522"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 522 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Born", "Kuglitsch", "Ohnstad", "Sanfelippo", "Tusler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b0b370b-0290-4502-8d42-219a5af919d3"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab522"
source_hash: "bb5cf9acc1cde4128980524fd7c45cdef78aec2f0672b78c3c419e8db031a6c4"
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 522 (2019) — Relating to: automatic renewal of contracts involving industrial gases and related equipment.

## 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/2019/REG/AB522)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Born — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Ohnstad — primary (person)
- Sanfelippo — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Sanfelippo, Tusler, Kuglitsch, Ohnstad and Born; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Wirch, LeMahieu and Johnson `introduction`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2020-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-11-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 135 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-4-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b0b370b-0290-4502-8d42-219a5af919d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).