---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the sale of counterfeit lighters and unsafe lighters."
description: "Relating to: the sale of counterfeit lighters and unsafe lighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 917"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 917 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billings", "Dallman", "Dittrich", "Gundrum", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Novak", "O'Connor", "Ortiz-Velez", "Rozar", "Schmidt", "Sinicki", "Subeck"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-04T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b20a94a5-bcad-4739-b95f-2744a115a438"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab917"
source_hash: "07ab7e69ed2436dc6b95d64666294eacaf342b5a76005fc116d2096d2d3b046d"
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 917 (2023) — Relating to: the sale of counterfeit lighters and unsafe lighters.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB917)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Billings — primary (person)
- Dallman — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
- Rozar — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Novak, Dallman, Billings, Dittrich, Gundrum, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Rozar, Schmidt, Sinicki and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Feyen, Spreitzer, Taylor and Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2024-01-04T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Consumer Protection `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Shankland added as a coauthor
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2024-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-15-2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-5-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 271 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-6-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b20a94a5-bcad-4739-b95f-2744a115a438`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).