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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 28

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Relating to: traffic control at nonfunctioning or malfunctioning traffic control signals.

Road — Marking

  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, certain requirements apply to traffic controlled by traffic

control signals exhibiting different colored lights, including that traffic stop at a red

signal. Current law also requires traffic to stop at an official stop sign.

Under this bill, if a traffic control signal suffers a loss of power or otherwise

malfunctions so that the traffic control signal does not exhibit any color of light,

traffic must proceed at the traffic control signal as if the traffic control signal were

a stop sign, unless otherwise directed by a traffic officer.

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Bowen (D) , Brandtjen (R) , Jacque (R) , Kremer (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Murtha (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Rohrkaste (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Tittl (R)

4 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Cowles (R) , Lassa (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

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

Passed 5–0 Apr 20, 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. Feb 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Jacque, Spiros, Bowen, A. Ott, Brandtjen, Kremer, Murphy, Mursau, Murtha, Ohnstad, Rohrkaste, Steffen and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Wanggaard, Lassa and Bewley

  2. Feb 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Mar 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 7, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Apr 8, 2015 · Assembly

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

  6. Apr 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Apr 9, 2015 · Assembly

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

  8. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  11. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Apr 15, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  14. Apr 17, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  15. Apr 17, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  16. Apr 20, 2015 · Senate

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

  17. Apr 20, 2015 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-21-2015 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  18. Apr 21, 2015 · Senate

    Read a second time

  19. Apr 21, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Apr 21, 2015 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  21. Apr 21, 2015 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  22. Apr 21, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Apr 21, 2015 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  24. Apr 29, 2015 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 4-29-2015

  25. Jun 30, 2015 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 6-30-2015

  26. Jul 1, 2015 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 7-1-2015. 2015 Wisconsin Act 42

  27. Jul 1, 2015 · Assembly

    Published 7-2-2015