Assembly Bill 625
Authority to modify speed limits in school zones
Topics: Motor vehicle: Regulation: Speed, Road: County, School: Building, Transportation, Department of: Roads
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
Dec 18, 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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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
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.
Under current law, the Department of Transportation (DOT) and local highway authorities may increase or decrease the maximum speed limit applicable to highways under their respective jurisdiction if DOT or the local highway authorities determine that the current maximum speed limit in effect is not reasonable or safe or that the current actual speed of traffic is not reasonable or prudent. Local highway authorities are prohibited from modifying certain speed limits without the approval of DOT, including the reduction of most speed limits by more than ten miles per hour.
This bill allows local highway authorities to reduce a maximum speed limit on a county trunk highway in a designated school zone to not less than 25 miles per hour.
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The speed limit may be reduced without DOT approval.
Who's behind it
8 representatives are its . 6 are Democrats, 1 is a Independent and 1 is a Republican.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristen Dexter · Democrat, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Tom Nelson · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
- Ted Zigmunt · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 5 · Feb 26, 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 6, Noes 5”. 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 26, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 26, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 5.
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Jan 14, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Dec 18, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Dec 18, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 18, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Nelson, Zigmunt, Turner, Lothian, Ziegelbauer, Dexter, Sinicki and Berceau;Cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Taylor, Vinehout and Lassa
- Dec 18, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- Jan 14, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 26, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 6, Noes 5
- Feb 26, 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
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote