Senate approves sweeping changes to state’s alcohol policies, Assembly concurs

The state Senate today approved sweeping changes to Wisconsin’s alcohol policies, using the amendment process to bypass a committee holdup that had prevented the package from coming to the floor.

The Senate added a more than 150-page amendment to a second bill that included provisions on tobacco and alcohol under the Department of Revenue’s authority to move the overhaul of the state’s three-tiered system for producing, distributing and selling alcohol. After it cleared the chamber 21-11, the bill was sent to the Assembly, which passed it 88-10. That cleared the way for the bill to head to the guv.

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