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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 67

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Relating to: requiring persons accused of violating traffic laws and ordinances related to driving while intoxicated to appear in person in court. (FE)

Circuit court Court — Municipal Drunken driving Eau claire county Motor vehicle — Regulation Ordinance

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, generally, a first violation of operating a vehicle while under

the influence of an intoxicant, with a detectable amount of a restricted controlled

substance in one's blood, or with a prohibited alcohol concentration (OWI-related

violation), is a traffic violation punishable by a civil forfeiture. Current law allows

local units of government to enact ordinances in conformity with the state traffic law

that punishes most first OWI-related offenses as a civil violation.

Under current law, a person who receives a citation for an OWI-related civil

traffic violation or who receives a citation for an ordinance in conformity with the

OWI-related traffic violation may opt to appear in court to plead not guilty to the

violation or may opt to pay the forfeiture associated with the violation and avoid an

appearance in court. Generally, a person who pays the forfeiture associated with the

violation is considered to have pled guilty or no contest to the charge.

Under this bill, a person who receives a citation for an OWI-related civil traffic

violation or who receives a citation for an ordinance in conformity therewith is

required to appear in court to plead guilty, no contest, or not guilty to the charge.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Bies (R) , J. Ott (R) , Jacque (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kooyenga (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Spiros (R) , Stone (R) , Strachota (R) , Stroebel (R) , T. Larson (R) , Thiesfeldt (R)

4 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Darling (R) , Grothman (R) , Kedzie (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Oct 31, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Oct 31, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 28, 2014 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives J. Ott, Stone, Kooyenga, Jacque, Spiros, Kerkman, Bies, Stroebel, A. Ott, Strachota, T. Larson, Thiesfeldt and LeMahieu; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Kedzie and Carpenter

  2. Mar 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Apr 1, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 3, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Aug 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Sep 11, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Hebl

  7. Sep 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative J. Ott

  8. Sep 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Oct 31, 2013 · Assembly

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  10. Oct 31, 2013 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-5-2013 by Committee on Rules

  11. Oct 31, 2013 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  12. Oct 31, 2013 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  13. Nov 5, 2013 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Nov 5, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  15. Nov 5, 2013 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Nov 5, 2013 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  17. Nov 5, 2013 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  18. Nov 5, 2013 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Nov 6, 2013 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  20. Nov 6, 2013 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs

  21. Feb 20, 2014 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  22. Feb 27, 2014 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  23. Feb 28, 2014 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  24. Feb 28, 2014 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  25. Mar 19, 2014 · Senate

    Senator Grothman added as a cosponsor

  26. Apr 8, 2014 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1