Assembly Bill 61
Motor vehicle operating privilege suspensions for controlled substance violations
Topics: Court, Implied consent or alcohol concentration, Motor vehicle: Driver's license, Transportation, Department of: Vehicles
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
Feb 17, 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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law requires a court to suspend the motor vehicle operating privilege of a person, including a juvenile, if the person is convicted of any violation of the state's Uniform Controlled Substances Act (drug violation). Under this bill, a court may, but is not required to, suspend a person's motor vehicle operating privilege if the person is convicted of a drug violation.
Also under current law, the Department of Transportation (DOT) must suspend a person's operating privilege whenever DOT receives notice that the person has been convicted in another state for an offense that, if committed in this state, would be a drug violation. Under this bill, DOT may, but is not required to, suspend a person's motor vehicle operating privilege if the person is convicted in another state for an offense that, if committed in this state, would be a drug violation.
Who's behind it
13 lawmakers are its . 12 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Annette Williams · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Pedro Colon · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Toles · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · 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 Judiciary and Ethics vote to recommend it
Passed, 9 to 0 · Mar 13, 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 Judiciary and Ethics, 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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Mar 13, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 13, 2009
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.
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Mar 10, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 24, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 24, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 17, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics.
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Feb 17, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 17, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Grigsby, Kessler, Berceau, Colon, Fields, Mason, Roys, Sinicki, Toles, Turner, A. Williams, Young and A. Ott;Cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Grothman, Lehman, Plale and Erpenbach
- Feb 17, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Ethics
- Feb 24, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 24, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 10, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 10, 2009 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Mar 13, 2009 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Mar 13, 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