Assembly Bill 278
Definition of common motor carrier. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Apr 23, 2014. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Aug 7, 2013
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Nov 5, 2013
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Senate vote, passed
Passed 32 to 0
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2013 Wisconsin Act 364
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 23, 2014: “Published 4-24-2014”
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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
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, certain persons who transport passengers or property by motor vehicle on highways, "motor carriers," are subject to certain regulations, including licensure and insurance requirements. Current law defines one type of motor carrier, a "common motor carrier," as "any person who holds himself or herself out to the public as willing to undertake for hire to transport passengers by motor vehicle between fixed end points or over a regular route upon the public highways or property over regular or irregular routes upon the public highways." The definition, further, specifically excludes coverage of the transportation of passengers in commuter car pool or van pool vehicles with a passenger-carrying capacity of less than 16 persons. This bill limits this exclusion to vehicles with a passenger-carrying capacity of less than eight persons, including the driver.
Who's behind it
4 representatives are its . 3 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 6 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote on an amendment
Passed, 13 to 0 · Oct 31, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it
Passed, 13 to 0 · Oct 31, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 16, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 6, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Referred to Joint Committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 6, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 32 to 0 · Feb 11, 2014 · 1 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (32)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dale Schultz (R, 17)
- Dave Hansen (D, 30)
- Frank G. Lasee (R, 1)
- Fred A. Risser (D, 26)
- Glenn Grothman (R, 20)
- Jennifer Shilling (D, 32)
- Jerry Petrowski (R, 29)
- Joe Leibham (R, 9)
- John Lehman (D, 21)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
- Julie M. Lassa (D, 24)
- Kathleen Vinehout (D, 31)
- Leah Vukmir (R, 5)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Luther S. Olsen (R, 14)
- Mark Miller (D, 16)
- Mary Lazich (R, 28)
- Michael Ellis (R, 19)
- Neal Kedzie (R, 11)
- Nikiya Harris Dodd (D, 6)
- Paul F. Farrow (R, 33)
- Richard Gudex (R, 18)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Scott L. Fitzgerald (R, 13)
- Sheila Harsdorf (R, 10)
- Terry Moulton (R, 23)
- Thomas Tiffany (R, 12)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Timothy Cullen (D, 15)
Didn't vote (1)
- Robert Jauch (D, 25)
Official motion: “Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 23, 2014
The new law was published.
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Apr 23, 2014
The governor signed it. It became 2013 Wisconsin Act 364.
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Apr 22, 2014
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 11, 2014
The Senate passed it too, 32 to 0.
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Feb 6, 2014
“Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Feb 6, 2014
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Jan 16, 2014
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Jan 15, 2014
The committee held a public hearing.
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Nov 6, 2013
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs.
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Nov 6, 2013
The Senate received it.
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Nov 5, 2013
The Assembly passed it.
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Nov 5, 2013
The Assembly adopted it.
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Oct 31, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Oct 31, 2013
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 0.
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Aug 15, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Aug 13, 2013
The committee held a public hearing.
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Aug 7, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Aug 7, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Aug 7, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Ripp, Bernard Schaber, A. Ott and Spiros; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Kedzie and Olsen
- Aug 7, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation
- Aug 13, 2013 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Aug 15, 2013 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 28, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Ripp
- Oct 29, 2013 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Oct 31, 2013 · Assembly
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Oct 31, 2013 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Oct 31, 2013 · Assembly
Referred to Committee on Rules
- Oct 31, 2013 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 11-5-2013 by Committee on Rules
- Nov 5, 2013 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Nov 5, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
- Nov 5, 2013 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Nov 5, 2013 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Nov 5, 2013 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Nov 5, 2013 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Nov 6, 2013 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Nov 6, 2013 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs
- Jan 15, 2014 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jan 15, 2014 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jan 16, 2014 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Jan 16, 2014 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 6, 2014 · Senate
Referred to Joint Committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 6, 2014 · Senate
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 6, 2014 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-11-2014 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 11, 2014 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 11, 2014 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 11, 2014 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Feb 11, 2014 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 0
- Feb 11, 2014 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 11, 2014 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Feb 28, 2014 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 2-28-2014
- Apr 22, 2014 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 4-22-2014
- Apr 23, 2014 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 4-23-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 364
- Apr 23, 2014 · Assembly
Published 4-24-2014
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote