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Bills from the Sep 2011 Special Session

Assembly Bill 10

Permits for overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting sealed containers or vehicles in international trade

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 11, 2011

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Dec 13, 2011: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Transportation. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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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 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.

This bill allows DOT to issue overweight permits for vehicles or vehicle combinations (vehicles) that have six or more axles and that are transporting sealed loads. The bill defines a "sealed load" as a container or vehicle, being transported in international trade, that has been sealed with a tamper-evident seal. The permit does not authorize the operation of any vehicle at a maximum gross weight in excess of 90,000 pounds. Permit applications must be made electronically to DOT utilizing an electronic process prescribed by DOT.

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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 lawmakers are its ⁠. 4 have no party on record.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (4)

  • Committee on Assembly Organization
  • Representative Petrowski
  • Senator Lazich
  • by request of Governor Scott Walker

Signed on in support (2)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Dec 13, 2011

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 27, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Oct 11, 2011

    1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.

  4. Oct 11, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.

  5. Oct 11, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 11, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by committee on Assembly Organization, by request of Governor Scott Walker, Representative Petrowski, and Senator Lazich

  2. Oct 11, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation

  3. Oct 11, 2011 · Assembly

    Representative Petrowski added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 11, 2011 · Assembly

    Senator Lazich added as a cosponsor

  5. Oct 27, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Dec 13, 2011 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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