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Bills from the Sep 2011 Special Session

Assembly Bill 9

The maximum permissible length of single vehicles operated on a highway without an overlength permit

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 single vehicle with an overall length in excess of 40 feet or any combination of two vehicles with an overall length in excess of 65 feet, unless the person has a permit to exceed these lengths.

This bill increases, from 40 feet to 45 feet, the maximum overall length of a single vehicle that may be operated on a highway without an overlength permit.

Who's behind it

4 lawmakers are its ⁠. 4 have no party on record.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 6 names

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

Terms on this page

Committee

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

More in the glossary

Public hearing

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

More in the glossary

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