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SB 12

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the operation of motorboats, other than personal watercraft, at slow-no-wake speed within a given distance of the shoreline of a lake.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Holperin (D) , Jauch (D) , Lehman (D) , Miller (D) , Risser (D)

12 cosponsors

Berceau (D) , Black (D) , Clark (D) , Hilgenberg (D) , Knodl (R) , Milroy (D) , Molepske Jr. (D) , Pasch (D) , Richards (D) , Roys (D) , Sherman , Turner (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by committee on Environment, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 20, 2009 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Mar 19, 2009 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 70, Noes 27

Passed 70–27 Mar 26, 2009 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 21, 2009 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jauch, Holperin, Lehman, Miller and Risser;Cosponsored by Representatives Sherman, Berceau, Black, Clark, Hilgenberg, Knodl, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Pasch, Richards, Roys and Turner

  2. Jan 21, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Environment

  3. Feb 10, 2009 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 11, 2009 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 19, 2009 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 20, 2009 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Environment, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Feb 20, 2009 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Feb 20, 2009 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-24-2009 by committee on Senate Organization

  9. Feb 24, 2009 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  10. Feb 24, 2009 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Feb 24, 2009 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Feb 24, 2009 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  13. Feb 24, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources

  14. Feb 24, 2009 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 24, 2009 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Mar 11, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  17. Mar 18, 2009 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  18. Mar 18, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by committee on Natural Resources

  19. Mar 19, 2009 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  20. Mar 19, 2009 · Assembly

    Report concurrence as amended recommended by committee on Natural Resources, Ayes 13, Noes 1

  21. Mar 19, 2009 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  22. Mar 24, 2009 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-26-2009 by committee on Rules

  23. Mar 26, 2009 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  24. Mar 26, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 adopted

  25. Mar 26, 2009 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Mar 26, 2009 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  27. Mar 26, 2009 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 70, Noes 27

  28. Mar 26, 2009 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Mar 26, 2009 · Senate

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly amendment 1 adopted

  30. Mar 26, 2009 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  31. Apr 20, 2009 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-23-2009 by committee on Senate Organization

  32. Apr 23, 2009 · Senate

    Assembly amendment 1 concurred in

  33. Apr 23, 2009 · Senate

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  34. Apr 27, 2009 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 4-27-2009

  35. Jul 9, 2009 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 7-9-2009

  36. Jul 10, 2009 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 7-10-2009. 2009 Wisconsin Act 31

  37. Jul 16, 2009 · Senate

    Published 7-24-2009.