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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 764

The distance from tourist-oriented directional highway signs to tourist-related businesses, services, or activities

Topics: Road: Marking

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 19, 2010

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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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) erects tourist-oriented directional signs to assist motorists traveling along highways.

Tourist-oriented directional signs provide identification of, and directional information for, tourist-related businesses, services, or activities, which derive the majority of their income or visitors during the normal business season from motorists not residing in the immediate area where the business, service, or activity is located.

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A tourist-oriented directional sign is available only for businesses, services, or activities located within five miles from the highway on which the tourist-oriented directional sign is erected.

Under this bill, a tourist-oriented directional sign is available for businesses, services, or activities located within ten miles from the highway on which the tourist-oriented directional sign is erected.

Who's behind it

7 representatives are its ⁠. 3 are Democrats, 3 are Republicans and 1 is a Independent.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 9 names

Authors (7)

Signed on in support (2)

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 Transportation vote to recommend it

Passed, 7 to 5 · Apr 16, 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 7, Noes 5”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 16, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Apr 16, 2010

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 5.

  4. Apr 1, 2010

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Mar 8, 2010

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Feb 19, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.

  7. Feb 19, 2010

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 19, 2010 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Radcliffe, Ziegelbauer, Berceau, Knodl, Ripp, Kerkman and Clark;Cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf and Schultz

  2. Feb 19, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation

  3. Mar 8, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 1, 2010 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Apr 16, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 7, Noes 5

  7. Apr 16, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. 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.

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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

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.

More in the glossary

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