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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Senate Bill 190

The maximum permissible length of single vehicles operated on a highway without an overlength permit

Topics: Bus and truck: Taxation or registration, 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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Sep 15, 2011

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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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, with limited exceptions, 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 the person has a permit to exceed these lengths.

This bill increases, from 40 feet to 45 feet, the maximum overall length of a single vehicle that may be operated on a highway without an overlength permit.

Who's behind it

4 senators are its ⁠. 3 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 11 names

Authors (4)

Signed on in support (7)

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 · Sep 28, 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

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Sep 28, 2011

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.

  3. Sep 21, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Sep 20, 2011

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Sep 15, 2011

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections.

  6. Sep 15, 2011

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Sep 15, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Lazich, Lasee, Galloway and Lassa;Cosponsored by Representatives Petrowski, Ripp, Brooks, Spanbauer, Mursau, A. Ott and Ballweg

  2. Sep 15, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Elections

  3. Sep 20, 2011 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Sep 21, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Sep 28, 2011 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Sep 28, 2011 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Sep 28, 2011 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. 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.

More in the glossary

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.

More in the glossary

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