Assembly Bill 295
Requiring a referendum before a municipality or county may impose a local motor vehicle registration fee
Topics: County: Ordinance, Motor vehicle: Taxation or registration, Municipality: Ordinance, Referendum, Town: Laws, Transportation, Department of: Vehicles, Village: Ordinance
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
Sep 29, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Committee
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, any city, village, or town (municipality) or county may, by ordinance, impose an annual motor vehicle registration fee on most automobiles and light-duty trucks customarily kept in the municipality or county. The Department of Transportation (DOT) collects this local registration fee, which is in addition to the state registration fee, at the time DOT collects the state registration fee and remits the local registration fee, minus administrative costs of collection, to the applicable municipality or county. The local registration fee may only be used by a municipality or county for transportation purposes.
This bill requires an ordinance imposing a local registration fee to be ratified by the electors at a referendum held in the municipality or county before the ordinance may take effect. The question on the referendum ballot must specify the amount of the local registration fee. If the local registration fee is approved by referendum, the amount of the local registration fee cannot thereafter be changed unless the new fee amount is adopted by ordinance and approved by referendum.
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If a municipality or county has in effect an ordinance imposing a local registration fee prior to the effective date of this bill, that ordinance may remain valid and in effect without ratification by referendum only until the next general election. After the next general election, any preexisting local registration fee becomes invalid until it is ratified by referendum.
Who's behind it
12 lawmakers are its . All 12 are Republicans.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Tyler August · Republican, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Knudson · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Michelle Litjens · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Chad Weininger · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 13, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 27, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 29, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Sep 29, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 29, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Knudson, Brooks, Jacque, August, Bies, Kleefisch, Kooyenga, Litjens, Nass, Stroebel, Wynn and Weininger;Cosponsored by Senators Lasee and Wanggaard
- Sep 29, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- Oct 27, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 13, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly
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