Senate Bill 8
The maximum permissible length of vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials on highways
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
Oct 11, 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, Dec 13, 2011: “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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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
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
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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, 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 an exception applies or the person has a permit to exceed these lengths. Subject to certain restrictions, the Department of Transportation (DOT) may issue an annual or consecutive month permit to pipeline companies or operators or public service corporations for transportation of poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials and to companies and individuals hauling peeled or unpeeled pole-length forest products used in its business (pole and pipe permit).
This bill eliminates the issuance by DOT of pole and pipe permits and authorizes the operation of certain overlength vehicles without a permit. The bill allows a person to operate, without a permit, a single vehicle with an overall length not exceeding 60 feet, and a two-vehicle combination with an overall length not exceeding 120 feet, if the vehicle or vehicle combination is used by a pipeline company or operator, public service corporation, municipal utility, or public utility cooperative (collectively a "utility"), or by a motor carrier operating under contract with a utility, for transportation of poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials.
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 Senate Organization
- Representative Petrowski
- Senator Lazich
- by request of Governor Scott Walker
Signed on in support (2)
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Dec 13, 2011
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 20, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 11, 2011
1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Oct 11, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections.
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Oct 11, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 11, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by committee on Senate Organization, by request of Governor Scott Walker, Senator Lazich, and Representative Petrowski
- Oct 11, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Elections
- Oct 11, 2011 · Senate
Senator Lazich added as a coauthor
- Oct 11, 2011 · Senate
Representative Petrowski added as a cosponsor
- Oct 20, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 13, 2011 · 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