Assembly Bill 90
The operation of motorboats, other than personal watercraft, at slow-no-wake speed within a given distance of the shoreline of a lake
Topics: Boat, Lakes, Municipality: Ordinance
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 24, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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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, no person may operate a motorboat in excess of slow-no- wake speed within 100 feet of buoyed restricted areas or structures such as piers.
Current law defines "motorboat" to include personal watercraft. Current law imposes an additional slow-no-wake restriction on the operation of personal watercraft by prohibiting operation within 200 feet of the shoreline of a lake. Under current law, there is no slow-no-wake restriction for other motorboats within a given distance of a shoreline. This bill imposes a slow-no-wake restriction of 100 feet from the shoreline for motorboats that are not personal watercraft.
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Under current law, cities, towns, villages, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts, and town sanitary districts (local governmental units) may enact local boating ordinances but the ordinances may not be inconsistent with state law. The bill provides an exception from this general requirement by allowing a local governmental unit to enact an ordinance exempting motorboats from the 100-foot restriction created in this bill.
Current law exempts from these restrictions pickup and drop areas for personal watercraft and motorboats and persons involved in water skiing. These exemptions apply to this new provision.
Who's behind it
12 lawmakers are its . 10 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican. 1 has no party on record.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Spencer Black · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Hilgenberg · Democrat, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Jon Richards · Democrat, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Sherman
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 4, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 24, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources.
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Feb 24, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 24, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Sherman, Berceau, Black, Clark, Hilgenberg, Knodl, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Pasch, Richards, Roys and Turner;Cosponsored by Senators Jauch, Holperin, Lehman, Miller and Risser
- Feb 24, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources
- Mar 4, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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