Assembly Bill 187
School bus seating positions and passenger loading and unloading and providing a penalty
Topics: Road, School: Conveyance of pupil
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 2, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law generally requires the driver of a vehicle approaching a school bus that is stopped on a highway and that is displaying flashing red lights to stop the vehicle not less than 20 feet from the bus and to remain stopped until the bus resumes motion or the school bus driver turns off the flashing red lights. Current law also requires, with certain exceptions, a school bus driver to activate flashing red lights at least 100 feet before stopping to load or unload pupils or other authorized passengers (passengers); these lights must remain activated until loading or unloading is completed and until any person who must cross the highway is safely across. Under one exception, the school bus driver may not activate the flashing red lights when loading or unloading in a special loading area where the bus is entirely off the traveled portion of the highway. Under another exception, the school bus driver may not activate the flashing red lights when loading or unloading in a residence or business district where a sidewalk and curb are laid on both sides of the road, unless there is no traffic signal where the loading or unloading occurs, the person being loaded or unloaded must cross the highway, and a local ordinance authorizes the use of warning lights under these circumstances. However, if a curb and sidewalk are laid on one side of the road only, the school bus driver must activate the flashing red lights.
Under this bill, a school bus stopped to load or unload passengers must display flashing red lights, regardless of whether the school bus is on or off the traveled portion of a highway. The bill also allows a school bus driver to stop to load or unload passengers on a highway's right-hand shoulder, entirely off the traveled portion of the highway, if weather and shoulder conditions allow the stop to be made with reasonable safety.
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This bill also prohibits a person from operating a school bus if any child is seated in a seating position in the rearmost two rows of the school bus, unless all seating positions except those in the rearmost two rows are occupied. A person who violates this prohibition may be required to forfeit not less than $20 nor more than $40 for the first offense and not less than $50 nor more than $100 for the second or subsequent conviction within one year.
Who's behind it
10 representatives are its . 7 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Chuck Benedict · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- James Soletski · Democrat, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- John Steinbrink · Democrat, Assembly
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 12, 2009
1 more representative signed on in support.
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May 7, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 2, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Apr 2, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 2, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Molepske Jr., Kerkman, Pasch, Vruwink, Townsend, Berceau, Benedict, Bies, Soletski and Barca;Cosponsored by Senators Lassa and Taylor
- Apr 2, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- May 5, 2009 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Molepske Jr.
- May 6, 2009 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Molepske Jr.
- May 7, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- May 12, 2009 · Assembly
Representative Steinbrink added as a coauthor
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor