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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 284

Special identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation providing parking privileges for persons with physical disabilities and providing a penalty

Topics: Forfeiture, Identification cards, Motor vehicle: Parking, Persons with disabilities

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    May 27, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, a person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk may apply for and obtain from the Department of Transportation (DOT) a special identification card (disabled parking card). With limited exceptions, a disabled parking card entitles any motor vehicle parked by or under the direction of the card holder, or any motor vehicle operated by or on behalf of an organization and used to transport a person eligible for a card, to parking privileges. A person or organization may be required to forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $300 if the person or organization sells or lends a disabled parking card knowing that the person purchasing or borrowing the card is not authorized by law to use it or displays a disabled parking card on a vehicle knowing that the vehicle is not authorized to have the card displayed on it. In addition, any person or organization that fraudulently procures, makes, alters, reproduces, or duplicates a disabled parking card must forfeit not less than $200 nor more than $500.

This bill increases the penalty for selling a disabled parking card to an unauthorized user from a potential forfeiture of not less than $50 nor more than $300 to a mandatory forfeiture of not less than $200 nor more than $500. The bill also prohibits fraudulent use of a disabled parking card, which is subject to a potential forfeiture of not less than $50 nor more than $300 if the violator was issued the disabled parking card by DOT and a mandatory forfeiture of not less than $200 nor more than $500 if the violator was not issued the disabled parking card by DOT. The bill also eliminates the requirement that, to constitute a violation for displaying a disabled parking card on a vehicle not authorized to have the card displayed on it, the violator must know that the vehicle is not authorized to have the card displayed on it.

Who's behind it

20 lawmakers are its ⁠. 7 are Democrats and 6 are Republicans. 7 have no party on record.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 22 names

Authors (20)

Signed on in support (2)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it

Passed, 11 to 0 · Sep 16, 2009

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 11, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Sep 16, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Sep 16, 2009

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 0.

  4. Jul 16, 2009

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. May 27, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.

  6. May 27, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. May 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Krusick, A. Ott, Berceau, Brooks, Kaufert, Lothian, Mason, Pasch, Petrowski, Pope-Roberts, Steinbrink, Townsend and A. Williams, by request of IndependenceFirst, Disability Rights Wisconsin, Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability Organizations, Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers, Sauk County Disabled Parking Enforcement Council, City of Madison Parking Council for People with Disabilities, and City of Milwaukee Police Department;Cosponsored by Senators Hansen and Darling

  2. May 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation

  3. Jul 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Sep 10, 2009 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  6. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. 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.

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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

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

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

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary