Senate Bill 379
Purchasing or leasing a motor vehicle after a violation relating to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and providing a penalty
Topics: Drunken driving, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Motor vehicle: Dealers and finance companies, Motor vehicle: Driver's license
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 17, 2012
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a person who violates state law or a local ordinance prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant or with a prohibited blood alcohol concentration is subject to having his or her operating privileges suspended or revoked. The duration of the suspension or revocation generally depends upon how many times the person has violated the state law or local ordinance and ranges from six months to three years. A person's period of revocation may be doubled for certain violations.
This bill prohibits a person whose operating privileges have been suspended or revoked for a violation relating to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated from purchasing or leasing a motor vehicle while his or her operating privileges are suspended or revoked. Under the bill, if a person whose operating privileges have been suspended or revoked has an occupational license, that person may purchase or lease a motor vehicle as long as the occupational license is in effect. A person who purchases or leases a motor vehicle in violation of the prohibition is guilty of a Class I felony and subject to a fine of up to $10,000, imprisonment of up to three years and six months, or both.
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Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to result if the bill is enacted.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . 2 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (6)
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Tony Staskunas · 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 17, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
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Jan 17, 2012
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 17, 2012 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Kedzie, C. Larson and Hansen;Cosponsored by Representatives Nass, Thiesfeldt, Staskunas, Craig, Endsley and Marklein
- Jan 17, 2012 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations
- 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.
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
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor