2017 Wisconsin Act 126

  Date of enactment: December 8, 2017
2017 Senate Bill 202   Date of publication*: December 9, 2017

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2017 WISCONSIN ACT 126

An Act to amend 125.07 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes; relating to: the prohibition against adults knowingly permitting or failing to take action to prevent the illegal consumption of alcohol beverages by underage persons.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

126,1 Section 1. 125.07 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

125.07 (1) (a) 3. No adult may knowingly permit or fail to take action to prevent the illegal consumption of alcohol beverages by an underage person on property, including any premises, owned and occupied by the adult or occupied by the adult and under the adult's control. This subdivision applies at a lodging establishment, as defined in s. 106.52 (1) (d), only if the adult has furnished payment or security for lodging. This subdivision does not apply to alcohol beverages used exclusively as part of a religious service.