Assembly Bill 483
Prohibiting the sale or use of lead wheel weights in connection with the installation or balancing of motor vehicle tires
Topics: Industrial development, Motor vehicle: Equipment, Public health, Sales
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
Jan 24, 2012
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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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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill generally prohibits the use of lead wheel weights in connection with the installation or balancing of motor vehicle tires, but the provisions of the bill are phased in over a period of approximately 18 months. The bill defines a "lead wheel weight" as any weight or other wheel balancing product that is designed to be attached to a motor vehicle wheel for the purpose of balancing the motor vehicle's tires and that contains lead that was intentionally added during the manufacture of the weight or other product.
Under the bill:
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1. Beginning approximately six months after the bill's enactment, no person in the business of selling, installing, or balancing motor vehicle tires may purchase any lead wheel weight from a supplier of lead wheel weights.
2. Also beginning approximately six months after the bill's enactment, no person may sell or distribute any lead wheel weight to a person in the business of selling, installing, or balancing motor vehicle tires.
3. Beginning approximately 18 months after the bill's enactment, no person in the business of selling, installing, or balancing motor vehicle tires may sell any lead wheel weight or use any lead wheel weight in connection with the installation or balancing of motor vehicle tires.
Who's behind it
5 representatives are its . 3 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.
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Authors (5)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Brett Hulsey · Democrat, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 24, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Jan 24, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 24, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Bies, Hulsey, A. Ott, Thiesfeldt and Jorgensen
- Jan 24, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- 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
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