Senate Bill 562
Weight limitations for vehicles transporting raw forest products
Topics: Bus and truck: Taxation or registration, Forestry, Transportation, Department of: Vehicles
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 26, 2010
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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Assembly 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
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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, with limited exceptions, no person may operate upon a highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceeds certain statutory weight limits unless the person obtains a permit issued by the Department of Transportation (DOT) or a local highway authority. DOT may issue annual or consecutive month permits for the transportation of raw forest products in vehicle combinations having a gross weight not exceeding 98,000 pounds if the vehicle combination has six or more axles and meets other criteria (RS permit). A vehicle combination operated under an RS permit is subject to certain operating restrictions, including that it cannot be operated on an interstate highway. "Raw forest products" includes logs, poles, cordwood, wood chips, sawdust, and pulpwood.
Also under current law, DOT or a local highway authority may impose special weight limits on highways that, because of weakness of the roadbed due to deterioration or climatic conditions or other special or temporary conditions, would likely be seriously damaged or destroyed in the absence of the special limits. If special weight limits are imposed, the limits must be posted by highway signs along the affected highways. The special weight limits apply regardless of whether a vehicle is being operated under an overweight permit unless the permit expressly authorizes the special weight limits to be exceeded.
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Under this bill, each RS permit must expressly authorize the vehicle combination to exceed any special weight limits imposed in connection with the thawing of frozen highways and to be operated at the full allowable weight of up to 98,000 pounds.
Under current law, if a vehicle's per-axle weight is over limits prescribed by law by not more than 2,000 pounds and the vehicle's load can be reloaded within the normal load carrying areas to eliminate the excess per-axle weight, the operator may reload up to 2,000 pounds and no forfeiture may be imposed. In lieu of reloading the vehicle, the operator may choose to continue operating the vehicle above the per-axle weight limit and pay a forfeiture of $50 for failure to reload the vehicle.
This bill affords the same opportunity to reload up to 2,000 pounds, or pay a forfeiture of $50 for failure to reload, for a vehicle combination being operated under an RS permit if the vehicle combination exceeds, by not more than 2,000 pounds, any per-axle weight limit specified in the RS permit.
Because this bill concerns an exception to the vehicle weight limits specified in ch. 348, stats., the Department of Transportation, as required by law, will prepare a report to be printed as an appendix to this bill.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 4 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (7)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Donald Friske · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Sherman
- James Soletski · Democrat, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
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.
Senate Committee on Transportation vote on an amendment
Passed, 7 to 0 · Apr 5, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Ayes 7, Noes 0 by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources”. 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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Apr 13, 2010
“Department of Transportation Vehicle report received pursuant to s. 13.096, Wisconsin Statutes” (the official wording)
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Apr 13, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 5, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.
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Mar 10, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 26, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
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Feb 26, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 26, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Holperin, Jauch, Hansen, Taylor and Cowles;Cosponsored by Representatives Clark, Friske, Sherman, Soletski, Mursau, Bies and Townsend
- Feb 26, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources
- Mar 10, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Apr 1, 2010 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Apr 5, 2010 · Senate
Report introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Ayes 7, Noes 0 by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources
- Apr 5, 2010 · Senate
Report introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Ayes 7, Noes 0 by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources
- Apr 5, 2010 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- Apr 5, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 8, 2010 · Senate
Placed on calendar 4-13-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Department of Transportation Vehicle report received pursuant to s. 13.096, Wisconsin Statutes
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Read a second time
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Laid on the table
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
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
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote