Assembly Bill 216
Permitting third-party testers to administer driving skills tests for certain noncommercial motor vehicle drivers
Topics: Contracts, Drivers' education, Motor vehicle: Driver's license, Transportation, Department of: Vehicles
Stopped in committee
It never got a , 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 17, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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 never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Transportation. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, with limited exceptions, applicants for an operator's license are required to successfully complete a knowledge test and a driving skills (road) test. Generally Department of Transportation (DOT) examiners must administer road tests except that DOT may contract with third-party testers to conduct road tests for commercial motor vehicle operators and school bus operators. However, DOT may not contract for third-party testing with a private driver training school or another private institution. A contract between DOT and a third-party tester must include specified provisions.
This bill permits DOT to contract with third-party testers to conduct road tests for "Class D" vehicle operators. "Class D" vehicles include most noncommercial motor vehicles other than Type 1 motorcycles. The bill also removes the prohibition on DOT contracting for third-party testing with private driver training schools or other private institutions but requires each contract between DOT and a third-party tester to include a provision prohibiting the third-party tester from administering any test of a person who has received instruction in driver training from the third-party tester or from an affiliate of the third-party tester.
Who's behind it
16 representatives are its . All 16 are Republicans.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Fitzgerald · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Williams · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Scott L. Fitzgerald · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 21, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 17, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Apr 17, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 17, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Nerison, M. Williams, J. Fitzgerald, Nygren, A. Ott, Tauchen, Lothian, Townsend, Mursau, Murtha, Spanbauer, Vos, Kerkman, LeMahieu, Strachota and Van Roy;Cosponsored by Senators Leibham, Schultz, Grothman, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Cowles and Lazich
- Apr 17, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- May 21, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate