Senate Bill 76
Costs of administering tests for intoxication
Topics: Court: Fee, Implied consent or alcohol concentration, Police
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
Apr 27, 2011
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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 Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
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, a law enforcement officer may request a person to provide a sample of breath, blood, or urine for analysis if the person is arrested for operating while intoxicated, or with a prohibited alcohol or drug concentration a vehicle, an all-terrain vehicle, a boat, or a snowmobile or for injury or homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle (OWI-related offense). Upon the request of a law enforcement officer, a test facility must perform an analysis of a person's sample of blood or urine.
Current law allows the person to request an alternative test free of charge.
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Currently, if a person is ordered to pay a forfeiture or found to have committed an offense in municipal or circuit court, or if the person is found guilty of a crime, the person is required to pay certain costs, fees, and surcharges.
Under this bill, if a person is found to have committed an OWI-related offense, the municipal or circuit court must assess costs associated with acquiring a blood sample and administering a blood test or analysis that were charged to, paid by, or expected to be paid by, the law enforcement agency that requested the test. The bill does not require a person to pay for an alternative test if the person chose to have an alternative test administered.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 4 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (17)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Paul F. Farrow · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Knilans · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, 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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May 23, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 4, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 27, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs.
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Apr 27, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 27, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Kedzie, Leibham, Galloway, Wirch and Darling;Cosponsored by Representatives Jacque, Farrow, Petersen, Kooyenga, Rivard, Spanbauer, Steineke, Brooks, Bies, A. Ott, Staskunas, Jorgensen, Endsley, Ziegelbauer, Mursau, Tranel and Knilans
- Apr 27, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs
- May 4, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- May 4, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- May 23, 2011 · 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