Assembly Bill 242
The removal of nonconforming outdoor advertising signs
Passed the Assembly, then stopped
The Assembly passed it on Apr 20, 2010, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to . To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 30, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed 83 to 15
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.
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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 concur in pursuant to ”
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Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
The federal Highway Beautification Act requires states to restrict advertising along interstate and federal-aid primary highways, and current state law incorporates these requirements. Current law prohibits, with certain exceptions, the erection or maintenance of outdoor advertising signs within 660 feet of, or otherwise visible (and intended to be visible) from, the main-traveled way of an interstate or federal-aid primary highway. The Department of Transportation may remove signs that do not conform to applicable requirements but, for each sign removed, must pay just compensation to the owner of the sign and to the owner of the land on which the sign is located. Current law permits customary maintenance of certain nonconforming signs but, if the nonconforming sign is enlarged, replaced, or relocated, the sign may be removed without compensation.
This bill provides that any nonconforming sign may be removed without compensation if the costs of repairing and maintaining the sign within any 36 consecutive months exceed 50 percent of the replacement costs of the sign and that such repairs and maintenance do not constitute customary maintenance.
Who's behind it
11 lawmakers are its . 6 are Republicans and 5 are Democrats.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Donald Friske · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- James Soletski · Democrat, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Dan Kapanke · Republican, Senate
- Pat Kreitlow · Democrat, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it
Passed, 9 to 2 · Apr 15, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 9, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 83 to 15 · Apr 20, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 83, Noes 15”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 21, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
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Apr 21, 2010
The Senate received it.
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Apr 20, 2010
The Assembly passed it, 83 to 15.
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Apr 15, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 15, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 2.
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Sep 10, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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May 21, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 30, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Apr 30, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 30, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Staskunas, Fields, Friske, Gunderson, Honadel, Smith, Soletski, Spanbauer, Van Roy, Vos and Zepnick;Cosponsored by Senators Kreitlow, Taylor, Grothman, Hansen, Kapanke, Leibham, Olsen and Plale
- Apr 30, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- May 21, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 10, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Dec 3, 2009 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 9, Noes 2
- Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 11:03 A.M. on 4-20-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 83, Noes 15
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Apr 21, 2010 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Apr 21, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote