Assembly Bill 388
Overweight permits for vehicles transporting raw forest products
Topics: Bus and truck: Taxation or registration, Forestry, Road, 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
Nov 21, 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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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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Signed on in support
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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 vehicle combination that exceeds certain statutory weight limits unless the person obtains a permit issued by the Department of Transportation (DOT) or a local highway authority. In issuing an overweight permit, DOT may impose reasonable conditions and restrictions on the permittee as DOT deems necessary for the safety of travel and protection of the highways.
Under current law, DOT may issue annual or consecutive month permits for the transportation of raw forest products in vehicle combinations having a gross weight not exceeding 98,000 pounds if the vehicle combination has six or more axles and meets other criteria (RS permit). "Raw forest products" includes logs, poles, cordwood, wood chips, sawdust, and pulpwood. A vehicle combination operated under an RS permit is subject to certain operating restrictions, including that it cannot be operated on an interstate highway or any highway or bridge with a posted weight limit that is less than the vehicle combination's gross weight, except as described immediately below.
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Also under current law, DOT or a local highway authority may impose special weight limits on highways that, because of weakness of the roadbed due to deterioration or climatic conditions or other special or temporary conditions, would likely be seriously damaged or destroyed in the absence of the special limits. If special weight limits are imposed, the limits must be posted by highway signs along the affected highways. The special weight limits apply regardless of whether a vehicle is being operated under an overweight permit unless the permit expressly authorizes the special weight limits to be exceeded. When DOT issues an RS permit, the RS permit must expressly authorize the vehicle combination to exceed, on state trunk highways and state trunk highway routes designated as connecting highways, any special weight limits posted in connection with the thawing of frozen highways.
Under this bill, an RS permit issued by DOT may not contain any condition or limitation imposed by DOT in connection with the thawing of frozen highways that are not state trunk highways or connecting highways, except that the operation of the vehicle combination under the RS permit is subject to posted weight limits on these local highways.
Who's behind it
10 lawmakers are its . 8 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, 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 was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote on an amendment
Passed, 13 to 0 · Feb 2, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, 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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Feb 2, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 2, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 0.
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Dec 19, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 13, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Nov 21, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Nov 21, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 21, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Mursau, Petrowski, Spanbauer, Tauchen, Clark, Bewley, Bernier, T. Larson, Endsley and Rivard;Cosponsored by Senators Galloway, Holperin and Jauch
- Nov 21, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- Dec 13, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Dec 19, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 17, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Mursau
- Jan 24, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Mursau
- Jan 31, 2012 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 2, 2012 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Feb 2, 2012 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Feb 2, 2012 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Feb 2, 2012 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-21-2012 by committee on Rules
- Feb 21, 2012 · 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