Assembly Bill 306
Annual or consecutive month permits for certain overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting agricultural products
Topics: Bus and truck: Taxation or registration, Farm and farming, Farm produce, Transportation, Department of: Vehicles, Warehouse
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 5, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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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
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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
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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, with limited exceptions, no person may operate on a highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceeds certain statutory weight limits unless the person obtains a permit issued by the Department of Transportation (DOT) or a local authority, as applicable. With exceptions, a permit may not be issued for transporting oversize loads if the load can be reasonably divided or reduced to comply with statutory limits.
This bill allows DOT to issue overweight permits for vehicles or vehicle combinations (vehicles) that have six or more axles and that are transporting certain agricultural products to a farm or from a field or farm to a storage or initial processing facility. The agricultural products that may be transported under the permit include fruit, vegetables, grain, and livestock, but exclude milk and raw forest products. The permit does not authorize the operation of any vehicle at a maximum gross weight in excess of 90,000 pounds. If the route over which the agricultural products are transported involves highways that are not state trunk highways, the permit application must be accompanied by a written statement of route approval by the officer in charge of maintenance of the local highway. The permit is not valid on an interstate highway unless operation of the vehicle on the interstate highway is allowed under federal law. Permit applications must be made electronically to DOT utilizing an electronic process prescribed by DOT. DOT may issue these permits regardless of whether the load being transported is divisible.
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The bill further specifies that, as with all other vehicle size or weight permits, if DOT issues an agricultural emergency permit or farm machinery permit, the permit must be carried on the vehicle during operation.
Under current law, if any bill introduced in either house of the legislature directly or indirectly establishes an exception to vehicle weight limitations, DOT must prepare a report, containing specified information, relating to the bill within six weeks after the bill is introduced and before any vote is taken on the bill. This bill directs DOT not to prepare such a report on this bill because DOT recently completed the Wisconsin Truck Size and Weight Study that contained the same or similar information that would be contained in a report on this bill.
Who's behind it
10 lawmakers are its . All 10 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Paul F. Farrow · Republican, Senate
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Mary Lazich · 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.
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it
Passed, 15 to 0 · Oct 19, 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
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 19, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Oct 19, 2011
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.
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Oct 17, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 11, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 5, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Oct 5, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 5, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Petrowski, Ripp, Bernier, Endsley, Farrow, Mursau, A. Ott, Spanbauer, Stone and Van Roy;Cosponsored by Senators Lazich, Galloway and Lassa
- Oct 5, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- Oct 11, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Oct 17, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Oct 19, 2011 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Oct 19, 2011 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 10-25-2011 by committee on Rules
- Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- 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.
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