Assembly Bill 285
Dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty
Topics: Commerce, Department of, District attorney, Gasoline, Motor vehicle: Taxation or registration, 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.
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Introduced, passed
May 27, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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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.
Under current law, a motor vehicle fuel dealer is required to have an employee dispense fuel for a vehicle that displays registration plates or an identification card that indicates the vehicle is used by a person with a disability, if the dealer has full-service pumps. A dealer is required to charge a person receiving such service the same price that the dealer charges at self-service pumps. The current provision is enforced by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
This bill expands the current requirements. Under the bill, a retailer of motor vehicle fuel must provide an employee or other attendant to dispense motor vehicle fuel if the vehicle displays registration plates or an identification card indicating the vehicle is used by a person with a disability, the driver sounds the vehicle's horn or requests assistance, and more than one employee or attendant is on duty. The requirements apply regardless of whether a retailer has full-service pumps. The bill also requires a retailer to post signs designed by the Department of Commerce indicating that disabled customers may obtain assistance in fueling. The bill provides for a $100 forfeiture for each violation of the bill's requirements and transfers enforcement to the district attorney.
Who's behind it
21 lawmakers are its . 7 are Democrats and 7 are Republicans. 7 have no party on record.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (21)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Annette Williams · Democrat, Assembly
- AARP Wisconsin
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Convenience Store Association
- Disability Rights Wisconsin
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Margaret Krusick · Democrat, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability Organizations
- Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers
- Wisconsin Petroleum Marketers
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
- by request of IndependenceFirst
Signed on in support (5)
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Theodore Kanavas · Republican, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, 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 was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection vote to recommend it
Passed, 9 to 0 · Feb 3, 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 Consumer Protection, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. 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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Feb 3, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 3, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.
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Jan 6, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jun 26, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 25, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 27, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection.
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May 27, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- May 27, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Krusick, Zipperer, Berceau, Brooks, Fields, Grigsby, Kaufert, Lothian, A. Ott, Pasch, Stone, A. Williams, Zepnick and Gunderson, by request of IndependenceFirst,Wisconsin Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association, Disability Rights Wisconsin, AARP Wisconsin, Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability Organizations, and Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers;Cosponsored by Senators Plale, Kanavas, Coggs, Lehman and Taylor
- May 27, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Consumer Protection
- Jun 25, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jun 26, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 6, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 26, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 3, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Feb 3, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- 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.
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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