Senate Bill 223
Annual or consecutive month permits for certain overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting agricultural products
Topics: Bus and truck: Taxation or registration, Farm and farming, Farm produce, Reports, Transportation, Department of: Vehicles, Warehouse
Became law
The governor signed it on Nov 11, 2011. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Oct 6, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed 33 to 0
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Oct 25, 2011
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2011 Wisconsin Act 56
Latest entry in the official record, Nov 11, 2011: “Published 11-23-2011”
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Author
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Cost estimate
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Roll call
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What it does
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 vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceeds certain statutory weight limits unless the person obtains a permit issued by the Department of Transportation (DOT) or a local authority, as applicable. With exceptions, a permit may not be issued for transporting oversize loads if the load can be reasonably divided or reduced to comply with statutory limits.
This bill allows DOT to issue overweight permits for vehicles or vehicle combinations (vehicles) that have six or more axles and that are transporting certain agricultural products to a farm or from a field or farm to a storage or initial processing facility. The agricultural products that may be transported under the permit include fruit, vegetables, grain, and livestock, but exclude milk and raw forest products. The permit does not authorize the operation of any vehicle at a maximum gross weight in excess of 90,000 pounds. If the route over which the agricultural products are transported involves highways that are not state trunk highways, the permit application must be accompanied by a written statement of route approval by the officer in charge of maintenance of the local highway. The permit is not valid on an interstate highway unless operation of the vehicle on the interstate highway is allowed under federal law. Permit applications must be made electronically to DOT utilizing an electronic process prescribed by DOT. DOT may issue these permits regardless of whether the load being transported is divisible.
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The bill further specifies that, as with all other vehicle size or weight permits, if DOT issues an agricultural emergency permit or farm machinery permit, the permit must be carried on the vehicle during operation.
Under current law, if any bill introduced in either house of the legislature directly or indirectly establishes an exception to vehicle weight limitations, DOT must prepare a report, containing specified information, relating to the bill within six weeks after the bill is introduced and before any vote is taken on the bill. This bill directs DOT not to prepare such a report on this bill because DOT recently completed the Wisconsin Truck Size and Weight Study that contained the same or similar information that would be contained in a report on this bill.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . 3 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (10)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Paul F. Farrow · Republican, Senate
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 3 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Oct 18, 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
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Oct 19, 2011
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 33 to 0 · Oct 20, 2011
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (33)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dale Schultz (R, 17)
- Dave Hansen (D, 30)
- Frank G. Lasee (R, 1)
- Fred A. Risser (D, 26)
- Glenn Grothman (R, 20)
- Jennifer Shilling (D, 32)
- Jessica King (D, 18)
- Jim Holperin (D, 12)
- Joe Leibham (R, 9)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
- Julie M. Lassa (D, 24)
- Kathleen Vinehout (D, 31)
- Leah Vukmir (R, 5)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Luther S. Olsen (R, 14)
- Mark Miller (D, 16)
- Mary Lazich (R, 28)
- Michael Ellis (R, 19)
- Neal Kedzie (R, 11)
- Pam Galloway (R, 29)
- Rich Zipperer (R, 33)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Robert Jauch (D, 25)
- Scott L. Fitzgerald (R, 13)
- Sheila Harsdorf (R, 10)
- Spencer Coggs (D, 6)
- Terry Moulton (R, 23)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Timothy Cullen (D, 15)
- Van Wanggaard (R, 21)
Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Nov 11, 2011
The new law was published.
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Nov 11, 2011
The governor signed it. It became 2011 Wisconsin Act 56.
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Nov 8, 2011
Sent to the governor.
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Oct 25, 2011
The Assembly passed it too.
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Oct 20, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Oct 20, 2011
The Assembly received it.
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Oct 20, 2011
The Senate passed it, 33 to 0.
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Oct 19, 2011
“Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Oct 19, 2011
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Oct 18, 2011
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Oct 14, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 13, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 6, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections.
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Oct 6, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 6, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Lazich, Lasee, Galloway and Lassa;Cosponsored by Representatives Petrowski, Endsley, Spanbauer, Mursau, Bernier, Stone, Van Roy, Ripp, Farrow and A. Ott
- Oct 6, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Elections
- Oct 13, 2011 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Oct 14, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 18, 2011 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Oct 18, 2011 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Oct 18, 2011 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Oct 19, 2011 · Senate
Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Oct 19, 2011 · Senate
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Oct 19, 2011 · Senate
Placed on calendar 10-20-2011 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Oct 20, 2011 · Senate
Read a second time
- Oct 20, 2011 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 20, 2011 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Oct 20, 2011 · Senate
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0
- Oct 20, 2011 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up
- Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 26, 2011 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Nov 7, 2011 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled on 11-7-2011
- Nov 8, 2011 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 11-8-2011
- Nov 11, 2011 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 11-9-2011. 2011 Wisconsin Act 56
- Nov 11, 2011 · Senate
Published 11-23-2011
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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