Assembly Bill 411
Impounding vehicles used in certain drunken driving offenses and providing a penalty
Topics: Drunken driving, Forfeiture, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Motor vehicle
Stopped in committee
It never got a , 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
Dec 7, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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 never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Transportation. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
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 this bill, in addition to the penalties available under current law for an offense related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated or improperly refusing to be tested for intoxication (OWI offense), a person who commits a first OWI offense will have the vehicle he or she used in the offense impounded for not less than 30 nor more than 60 days. A person who commits a second or subsequent OWI offense will have the vehicle he or she used in the offense impounded for not less than 60 days nor more than six months. Under the bill, the person who committed the offense is responsible for paying the costs of impoundment.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to result if the bill is enacted.
Who's behind it
4 representatives are its . 3 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (4)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, 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 30, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 23, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 7, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Dec 7, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 7, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Zepnick, Staskunas, A. Ott and Berceau;Cosponsored by Senator S. Coggs
- Dec 7, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- Dec 23, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 30, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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