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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 226

Notice of the fee for identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation

Topics: Identification cards, Transportation, Department of: Administration, Voting

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

    Aug 26, 2011

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Transportation. 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, as created in 2011 Wisconsin Act 23 , the Department of Transportation (DOT) may not charge a fee to an applicant for the initial issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of an identification card if the applicant is a U.S. citizen who will be at least 18 years of age on the date of the next election and the applicant requests that the identification card be provided without charge for purposes of voting.

This bill requires DOT to include, on application forms for identification cards, a statement that there is no fee for the initial issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of an identification card if the applicant is a U.S. citizen who will be at least 18 years of age on the date of the next election and the applicant requests that the identification card be provided without charge for purposes of voting. In addition, DOT must advise any person inquiring about issuance of an identification card that identification cards may be available without charge for purposes of voting.

Who's behind it

20 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 20 are Democrats.

9 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 29 names

Authors (20)

Signed on in support (9)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 14, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Aug 26, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.

  4. Aug 26, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 26, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Grigsby, Roys, Vruwink, Pocan, Pasch, Barca, Mason, Bewley, Jorgensen, Ringhand, Pope-Roberts, Bernard Schaber, Young, Turner, Berceau, Staskunas, Molepske Jr, Kessler, Fields and Hulsey;Cosponsored by Senators Taylor, S. Coggs, C. Larson, Vinehout, Lassa, T. Cullen, Hansen, Risser and Holperin

  2. Aug 26, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation

  3. Oct 14, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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