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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Senate Bill 33

Purchasing or leasing a motor vehicle after a violation relating to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and providing a penalty

Topics: Drunken driving, Implied consent or alcohol concentration, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Motor vehicle: Dealers and finance companies, Motor vehicle: Driver's license

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 3, 2009

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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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, a person who violates state law or a local ordinance prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant or with a prohibited blood alcohol concentration is subject to having his or her operating privileges suspended or revoked. The duration of the suspension or revocation depends upon how many times the person has violated the state law or local ordinance and ranges from six months to three years.

This bill prohibits a person whose operating privileges have been suspended or revoked for a violation relating to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated from purchasing or leasing a motor vehicle while his or her operating privileges are suspended or revoked. Under the bill, if a person whose operating privileges have been suspended or revoked has an occupational license, that person may purchase or lease a motor vehicle as long as the occupational license is in effect. A person who purchases or leases a motor vehicle in violation of the prohibition is guilty of a Class I felony and subject to a fine of up to $10,000, imprisonment of up to three years and six months, or both.

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Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to result if the bill is enacted.

Who's behind it

3 senators are its ⁠. All 3 are Republicans.

11 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 14 names

Authors (3)

Signed on in support (11)

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 13, 2010

    “Report of joint review committee on Criminal Penalties requested pursuant to s. 13.525 (5) Wisconsin Statutes” (the official wording)

  3. Feb 3, 2009

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.

  4. Feb 3, 2009

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 3, 2009 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Kedzie, Leibham and A. Lasee;Cosponsored by Representatives Nass, Lothian, Kerkman, Kaufert, Brooks, Gunderson, J. Ott, Kleefisch, Nygren, LeMahieu and Honadel

  2. Feb 3, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing

  3. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Report of joint review committee on Criminal Penalties requested pursuant to s. 13.525 (5) Wisconsin Statutes

  4. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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Public hearing

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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

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

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

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