Assembly Bill 679
The placement of advertising signs in highway rights-of-way and providing a penalty
Topics: Advertisement, Business, Road
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
Jan 22, 2010
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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
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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
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, with limited exceptions, no sign, except a sign that is necessary for the guidance or warning of traffic, may be placed within the limits of any highway. A person who violates this prohibition must be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100 for a first violation and not less than $10 nor more than $500 for a subsequent violation.
Under a different provision of current law, with limited exceptions, a person may not erect, or cause to be erected, any advertising, guide, or warning sign within a highway that is outside a city or village and is 1,000 feet or less from an intersection with another highway. A person who violates this prohibition must be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100 or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 30 days or both.
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This bill prohibits, with exceptions, a business entity from placing, or causing to be placed, within a highway right-of-way any sign that advertises or promotes a business identified on the sign or a business whose telephone number appears on the sign. If a sign has been placed in violation of this prohibition and the business identified on the sign or whose telephone number appears on the sign had the sign made, there is a rebuttable presumption that this business caused the sign to be placed. A business entity that violates this prohibition is subject to a civil forfeiture of not more than $50 for each sign.
Who's behind it
5 representatives are its . All 5 are Democrats.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Parisi · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- John Steinbrink · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Jim Sullivan · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
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, 11 to 0 · Feb 26, 2010
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 11, 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 26, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 26, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 0.
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Feb 11, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 22, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Jan 22, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 22, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Pasch, Berceau, Parisi, Steinbrink and Turner;Cosponsored by Senators Sullivan and Taylor
- Jan 22, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- Feb 11, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Pasch
- Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 26, 2010 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 11, Noes 0
- Feb 26, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 11, Noes 0
- 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