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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 100

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Relating to: lighting underneath motorcycles.

Motorcycle — Equipment

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, unless expressly authorized or required, no person may

operate any motor vehicle that displays any color of light other than white or amber

to the front, nor any color other than red to the rear. This bill permits equipping a

motorcycle with a lighting device that illuminates the ground directly beneath the

motorcycle with a color other than red, blue, or green.

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Born (R) , Czaja (R) , Edming (R) , Jagler (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Murtha (R) , Steffen (R) , Weatherston (R)

8 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Farrow (R) , Lazich (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Olsen (R) , S. Fitzgerald (R) , Vorpagel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Apr 8, 2015 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 Transportation, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Apr 8, 2015 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 and Veterans Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 May 1, 2015 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 May 4, 2015 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 12, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Jagler, Weatherston, Born, Murphy, Steffen, A. Ott, Edming, Mursau, Kooyenga, Murtha and Czaja; cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Farrow, LeMahieu, Lazich and Olsen

  2. Mar 12, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Mar 31, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 31, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Vorpagel added as a coauthor

  5. Apr 7, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Jagler

  6. Apr 7, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Apr 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  8. Apr 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  9. Apr 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Apr 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-14-2015 by Committee on Rules

  11. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Apr 15, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Apr 23, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs

  19. Apr 30, 2015 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  20. May 1, 2015 · Senate

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

  21. May 1, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  22. May 4, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  23. May 4, 2015 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-6-2015 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  24. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  25. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Senator Bewley added as a cosponsor

  26. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Read a second time

  27. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  29. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  30. May 6, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. May 6, 2015 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  32. May 19, 2015 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 5-19-2015

  33. Jun 30, 2015 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 6-30-2015

  34. Jul 1, 2015 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 7-1-2015. 2015 Wisconsin Act 27

  35. Jul 1, 2015 · Assembly

    Published 7-2-2015