Assembly Bill 341
Driving a motor vehicle while using a cellular telephone or other wireless telecommunications device and providing a penalty
Topics: Motor vehicle: Driver's license, Motor vehicle: Regulation, Telecommunications, Telephone, Youth
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
Jul 8, 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
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.
Current law prohibits inattentive driving, which means that a driver of a motor vehicle may not be so engaged or occupied as to interfere with the safe driving of the vehicle. Any person convicted of inattentive driving may be required to forfeit not less than $20 nor more than $400.
This bill prohibits a person who is driving under an instruction permit or a probationary license and who is under 18 years of age from driving a motor vehicle while using a cellular telephone (cellular phone) or while using any other wireless telecommunications device that is not installed in the vehicle (wireless device), except to report an emergency. A probationary license is, with certain exceptions, issued to all applicants for an original driver's license and remains in effect for two years from the date of the licensee's next birthday. The prohibition applies to cellular phones regardless of whether the cellular phone is hand-held, installed in the vehicle, or otherwise situated, but applies to other wireless devices only if they are hand-held or otherwise not installed in the vehicle. The prohibition applies regardless of whether use of the cellular phone or wireless device interferes with operation of the vehicle. Persons who violate this prohibition may be required to forfeit not less than $20 nor more than $40 for a first offense, and not less than $50 nor more than $100 for a second or subsequent offense within one year.
Who's behind it
11 lawmakers are its . 8 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- John Steinbrink · Democrat, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote on an amendment
Passed, 10 to 0 · Oct 20, 2009
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 10, 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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Oct 20, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Oct 20, 2009
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 0.
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Sep 10, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Aug 6, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jul 8, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Jul 8, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jul 8, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Pasch, Danou, Staskunas, Townsend, Roys, Berceau, Honadel, Steinbrink, Pope-Roberts, Brooks and Sinicki;Cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Darling, Harsdorf, Carpenter, Olsen, Risser and Hansen
- Jul 8, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- Aug 6, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 10, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Oct 8, 2009 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Pasch
- Oct 8, 2009 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Oct 20, 2009 · 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