Assembly Bill 307
Suspension of operating privilege or registration for unsatisfied judgment for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident
Topics: Damage (to property), Judgment, Motor vehicle: Accident, Motor vehicle: Driver's license, Motor vehicle: Taxation or registration, Transportation, Department of: Vehicles
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
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
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, the Department of Transportation must generally suspend the operating privilege and all vehicle registrations of any person against whom a judgment for damages of $500 or more arising from a motor vehicle accident has been rendered. The operating privilege and vehicle registrations generally remain suspended until the judgment is stayed, satisfied, or discharged and, unless the person against whom the judgment has been rendered provides and maintains proof of financial responsibility, for three years following the stay, satisfaction, or discharge of the judgment.
Under this bill, the operating privilege and vehicle registrations of a person against whom a judgment for damages of $500 or more arising from a motor vehicle accident has been rendered generally remains suspended until: 1) either the judgment is stayed, satisfied, or discharged or five years have elapsed since the date of entry of judgment; and 2) unless the person against whom the judgment has been rendered provides and maintains proof of financial responsibility, either three years have elapsed since the stay, satisfaction, or discharge of the judgment or eight years have elapsed since the date of entry of judgment.
Who's behind it
14 lawmakers are its . 7 are Democrats and 7 are Republicans.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (14)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
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 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, Fields, Berceau, Bernier, Bewley, Brooks, Endsley, Grigsby, Honadel, A. Ott, Spanbauer, Turner, C. Taylor and Vruwink;Cosponsored by Senators Lasee, S. Coggs, Holperin and Taylor
- Oct 5, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- Oct 11, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- 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
- 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
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote