Assembly Bill 253
The maximum permissible length of vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials on highways
Topics: Bus and truck: Taxation or registration, Cooperative associations, Public utility, Road, Transportation, Department of: Vehicles
Became law
The governor signed it on Nov 10, 2011. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Sep 15, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Oct 20, 2011
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Senate vote, passed
Passed 33 to 0
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2011 Wisconsin Act 53
Latest entry in the official record, Nov 14, 2011: “Published 11-23-2011”
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Author
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Cost estimate
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Roll call
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What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, no person may operate on a highway any single vehicle with an overall length in excess of 40 feet or any combination of two vehicles with an overall length in excess of 65 feet, unless an exception applies or the person has a permit to exceed these lengths. Subject to certain restrictions, the Department of Transportation (DOT) may issue an annual or consecutive month permit to pipeline companies or operators or public service corporations for transportation of poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials and to companies and individuals hauling peeled or unpeeled pole-length forest products used in its business (pole and pipe permit).
This bill eliminates the issuance by DOT of pole and pipe permits and authorizes the operation of certain overlength vehicles without a permit. The bill allows a person to operate, without a permit, a single vehicle with an overall length not exceeding 60 feet, and a two-vehicle combination with an overall length not exceeding 120 feet, if the vehicle or vehicle combination is used by a pipeline company or operator, public service corporation, municipal utility, or public utility cooperative (collectively a "utility"), or by a motor carrier operating under contract with a utility, for transportation of poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials.
Who's behind it
6 lawmakers are its . All 6 are Republicans.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
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 were 4 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it
Passed, 15 to 0 · Oct 3, 2011
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 Transportation, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote on an amendment
Passed, 60 to 36 · Oct 20, 2011
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Assembly amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 36”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Oct 24, 2011
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 33 to 0 · Oct 25, 2011
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (33)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dale Schultz (R, 17)
- Dave Hansen (D, 30)
- Frank G. Lasee (R, 1)
- Fred A. Risser (D, 26)
- Glenn Grothman (R, 20)
- Jennifer Shilling (D, 32)
- Jessica King (D, 18)
- Jim Holperin (D, 12)
- Joe Leibham (R, 9)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
- Julie M. Lassa (D, 24)
- Kathleen Vinehout (D, 31)
- Leah Vukmir (R, 5)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Luther S. Olsen (R, 14)
- Mark Miller (D, 16)
- Mary Lazich (R, 28)
- Michael Ellis (R, 19)
- Neal Kedzie (R, 11)
- Pam Galloway (R, 29)
- Rich Zipperer (R, 33)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Robert Jauch (D, 25)
- Scott L. Fitzgerald (R, 13)
- Sheila Harsdorf (R, 10)
- Spencer Coggs (D, 6)
- Terry Moulton (R, 23)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Timothy Cullen (D, 15)
- Van Wanggaard (R, 21)
Official motion: “Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Nov 14, 2011
The new law was published.
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Nov 10, 2011
The governor signed it. It became 2011 Wisconsin Act 53.
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Nov 8, 2011
Sent to the governor.
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Oct 25, 2011
The Senate passed it too, 33 to 0.
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Oct 24, 2011
“Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Oct 24, 2011
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Oct 21, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Oct 21, 2011
The Senate received it.
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Oct 20, 2011
The Assembly passed it.
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Oct 20, 2011
The Assembly adopted it.
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Oct 3, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Oct 3, 2011
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.
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Sep 22, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 20, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 16, 2011
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Sep 15, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Sep 15, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 15, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Petrowski, Ripp, Brooks, Kooyenga, Mursau and Spanbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Lazich, Galloway and Lasee
- Sep 15, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- Sep 16, 2011 · Assembly
Representative Ballweg added as a coauthor
- Sep 20, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Sep 22, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 27, 2011 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Oct 3, 2011 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Oct 3, 2011 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Petrowski
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 10-20-2011 by committee on Rules
- Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 adopted
- Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representatives Barca, Seidel, Sinicki, Pasch, Richards, Pope-Roberts, Vruwink, Hulsey, Hebl, C. Taylor, Bernard Schaber, Jorgensen, Doyle, Bewley, Kessler, Clark, Steinbrink, Mason, E. Coggs, Zamarripa, Roys and Berceau
- Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 36
- Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 21, 2011 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Oct 21, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Oct 21, 2011 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Oct 24, 2011 · Senate
Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Oct 24, 2011 · Senate
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Oct 24, 2011 · Senate
Placed on calendar 10-25-2011 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Oct 25, 2011 · Senate
Read a second time
- Oct 25, 2011 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 25, 2011 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Oct 25, 2011 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0
- Oct 27, 2011 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 27, 2011 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Nov 7, 2011 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled
- Nov 8, 2011 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 11-8-2011
- Nov 10, 2011 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 11-9-2011. 2011 Wisconsin Act 53
- Nov 14, 2011 · Assembly
Published 11-23-2011
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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