Senate Bill 58
Permitting third-party testers to administer driving skills tests for certain noncommercial motor vehicle drivers
Topics: Contracts, Motor vehicle: Driver's license, Transportation, Department of: Vehicles
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, 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 12, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Senate vote, not reached
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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 ”
It sat with the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
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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
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, applicants for an operator's license are required to successfully complete a knowledge test and a driving skills (road) test. Generally Department of Transportation (DOT) examiners must administer road tests except that DOT may contract with third-party testers to conduct road tests for commercial motor vehicle operators and school bus operators.
This bill permits DOT to contract with third-party testers to conduct road tests for "Class D" vehicle operators. "Class D" vehicles include most noncommercial motor vehicles other than Type 1 motorcycles.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . All 6 are Republicans.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Scott L. Fitzgerald · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (12)
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Williams · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
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 16, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 26, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 26, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 12, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
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Feb 12, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 12, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Leibham, Harsdorf, Cowles, S. Fitzgerald, Lazich and Grothman;Cosponsored by Representatives Nerison, Townsend, M. Williams, LeMahieu, Kerkman, Murtha, Spanbauer, Gunderson, Strachota, Nygren, Vos and Mursau
- Feb 12, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources
- Feb 26, 2009 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 26, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 16, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- 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.
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