Senate Bill 483
Informational highway signs identifying wild rivers and granting rule-making authority
Topics: Road: Marking, Transportation, Department of: Roads, Waterways and water power
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
Feb 15, 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 Transportation and Elections. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Public hearing
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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
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Author
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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
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, a sign may not be placed within the limits of a highway except as necessary to guide or warn traffic and the authority charged with the maintenance of the highway must remove and dispose of signs placed in violation of this restriction.
Also under current law, the Department of Transportation (DOT) must adopt a manual establishing a uniform system of traffic control devices (MUTCD) for use on the highways of this state, which must be consistent with current nationally recognized standards for traffic control devices. Traffic control devices placed and maintained by local authorities must conform to the MUTCD as adopted by DOT.
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Under this bill, any local authority charged with the maintenance of a highway that passes over a wild river may place within the limits of the highway informational signs identifying the wild river. These informational signs may be placed regardless of the provisions of the MUTCD, but DOT may by rule establish uniform standards for the appearance of these signs.
Who's behind it
7 senators are its . 6 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (6)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 15, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 15, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections.
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Feb 15, 2012
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 15, 2012 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Holperin, Jauch, Schultz, Taylor, Lassa, C. Larson and Wirch;Cosponsored by Representatives Milroy, Ballweg, A. Ott, Spanbauer, Ringhand and Rivard
- Feb 15, 2012 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Elections
- Mar 15, 2012 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate