Assembly Bill 56
Indication of veteran status on an operator's license or identification card and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 4, 2013
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill allows an applicant for a motor vehicle operator's license or identification card issued by the Department of Transportation (DOT) to indicate whether he or she is a veteran and whether he or she wishes to have his or her veteran status indicated on the license or card. If an applicant indicates that he or she is a veteran who wishes to have his or her veteran status indicated on the license or card and provides verification from the Department of Veterans Affairs that the applicant is a veteran, DOT must provide an indication of the person's veteran status on the front side of the license or card.
This bill also allows DOT to promulgate rules establishing veteran disability rating codes to assist in identifying persons that are eligible for benefits programs and requiring that a license or identification card that contains a veteran indication also include a veteran disability rating code.
Who's behind it
26 lawmakers are its . 22 are Republicans and 4 are Democrats.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (26)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Weatherston · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (12)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Pope, Bernard Schaber, Kolste, Smith and Wright
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
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 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote on an amendment
Passed, 15 to 0 · Apr 11, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote on an amendment
Passed, 15 to 0 · Apr 11, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it
Passed, 15 to 0 · Apr 11, 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 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 16, 2013 to Apr 17, 2013
6 more representatives signed on in support.
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Apr 11, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 11, 2013
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.
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Apr 11, 2013
“Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 15, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Apr 11, 2013
“Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 15, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Mar 13, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 12, 2013
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 12, 2013
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 5, 2013
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Mar 4, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Mar 4, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 4, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Petryk, Kerkman, Tittl, Weatherston, Spiros, Tranel, Murphy, T. Larson, Ohnstad, A. Ott, Kahl, Bies, Marklein, Brooks, Pridemore, J. Ott, Ringhand, Kaufert, Ripp, Sinicki, Endsley, Krug, Bernier, Schraa, Petersen and Jacque; cosponsored by Senators Leibham, Petrowski, Carpenter, Hansen, Grothman, Lazich, Olsen and Lasee
- Mar 4, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation
- Mar 5, 2013 · Assembly
Senator Harsdorf added as a cosponsor
- Mar 12, 2013 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 12, 2013 · Assembly
Representative Vruwink added as a coauthor
- Mar 13, 2013 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 13, 2013 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 20, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Petryk
- Mar 20, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Petryk
- Apr 10, 2013 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 11, 2013 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Apr 11, 2013 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Apr 11, 2013 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Apr 11, 2013 · Assembly
Referred to Committee on Rules
- Apr 11, 2013 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 4-17-2013 by Committee on Rules
- Apr 16, 2013 · Assembly
Representative Kleefisch added as a coauthor
- Apr 17, 2013 · Assembly
Representatives Pope, Bernard Schaber, Kolste, Smith and Wright added as coauthors
- Apr 17, 2013 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Apr 8, 2014 · 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.
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
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote