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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 611

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vehicles required to stop at railroad crossings, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Transportation (DOT) must adopt rules,

consistent with federal regulations, for the marking and placarding of vehicles being

used to transport hazardous materials.

Also under current law, the operator of certain vehicles, before crossing an

at-grade railroad crossing, must stop the vehicle within 50 feet but not less than 15

feet from the nearest rail. Among the vehicles required to stop are motor vehicles

that, in accordance with DOT rules, must be marked or placarded with one of ten

specified hazardous materials markings.

This bill eliminates the statutory enumeration of ten specific hazardous

materials markings that require a marked or placarded vehicle to stop at an

at-grade railroad crossing. Instead, the bill requires DOT to promulgate rules

identifying classifications of markings or placarding that, consistent with federal

regulations, require a marked or placarded vehicle to stop at an at-grade railroad

crossing.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Petrowski (R) , by request of Department of Transportation

1 cosponsors

Lazich (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Feb 29, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 22, 2012 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Petrowski, by request of Department of Transportation;Cosponsored by Senator Lazich

  2. Feb 22, 2012 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation

  3. Feb 28, 2012 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 28, 2012 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 29, 2012 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  6. Feb 29, 2012 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-6-2012 by committee on Rules

  8. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:44 A.M. on 3-13-2012 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22

  9. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  13. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  14. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  15. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Rules suspended and taken up

  16. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Read a second time

  17. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  19. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  20. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  22. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  23. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled

  25. Apr 5, 2012 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-5-2012

  26. Apr 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-6-2012. 2011 Wisconsin Act 247

  27. Apr 10, 2012 · Assembly

    Published 4-19-2012