Senate Bill 189
The maximum permissible length of vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials on highways
Topics: Bus and truck: Taxation or registration, Cooperative associations, Public utility, Road, Transportation, Department of: Vehicles
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 15, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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Assembly 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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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, no person may operate on a highway any single vehicle with an overall length in excess of 40 feet or any combination of two vehicles with an overall length in excess of 65 feet, unless an exception applies or the person has a permit to exceed these lengths. Subject to certain restrictions, the Department of Transportation (DOT) may issue an annual or consecutive month permit to pipeline companies or operators or public service corporations for transportation of poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials and to companies and individuals hauling peeled or unpeeled pole-length forest products used in its business (pole and pipe permit).
This bill eliminates the issuance by DOT of pole and pipe permits and authorizes the operation of certain overlength vehicles without a permit. The bill allows a person to operate, without a permit, a single vehicle with an overall length not exceeding 60 feet, and a two-vehicle combination with an overall length not exceeding 120 feet, if the vehicle or vehicle combination is used by a pipeline company or operator, public service corporation, municipal utility, or public utility cooperative (collectively a "utility"), or by a motor carrier operating under contract with a utility, for transportation of poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (7)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Oct 13, 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 and Elections, Ayes 5, 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 13, 2011
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Sep 22, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 20, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 19, 2011
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Sep 15, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections.
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Sep 15, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 15, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Lazich, Lasee and Galloway;Cosponsored by Representatives Petrowski, Ripp, Kooyenga, Brooks, Spanbauer and Mursau
- Sep 15, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Elections
- Sep 19, 2011 · Senate
Representative Ballweg added as a cosponsor
- Sep 20, 2011 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Sep 22, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 13, 2011 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Oct 13, 2011 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Oct 13, 2011 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
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