Senate Bill 679
Dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty
Topics: Commerce, Department of, District attorney, Gasoline, Motor vehicle: Taxation or registration, Persons with disabilities
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
Apr 9, 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
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a motor vehicle fuel dealer is required to have an employee dispense fuel for a vehicle that displays registration plates or an identification card that indicates the vehicle is used by a person with a disability, if the dealer has full-service pumps. A dealer is required to charge a person receiving such service the same price that the dealer charges at self-service pumps. The current provision is enforced by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
This bill expands the current requirements. Under the bill, a retailer of motor vehicle fuel must provide an employee or other attendant to dispense motor vehicle fuel if the vehicle displays registration plates or an identification card indicating the vehicle is used by a person with a disability, the driver sounds the vehicle's horn or requests assistance, and more than one employee or attendant is on duty. The requirements apply regardless of whether a retailer has full-service pumps. The bill also requires a retailer to post signs designed by the Department of Commerce indicating that disabled customers may obtain assistance in fueling. The bill provides for a $100 forfeiture for each violation of the bill's requirements and transfers enforcement to the district attorney.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 4 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Theodore Kanavas · Republican, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (14)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Annette Williams · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Margaret Krusick · Democrat, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Small Business vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Apr 21, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. 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 23, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 21, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Apr 14, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 14, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 9, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection.
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Apr 9, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 9, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Plale, Kanavas, Coggs, Lehman and Taylor;Cosponsored by Representatives Krusick, Zipperer, Berceau, Brooks, Fields, Grigsby, Kaufert, Lothian, A. Ott, Pasch, Stone, A. Williams, Zepnick and Gunderson
- Apr 9, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection
- Apr 14, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Apr 14, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 21, 2010 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Apr 21, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 23, 2010 · 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.
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