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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 319

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Relating to: lawful turns on a red signal.

Motor vehicle — Regulation Motor vehicle — Regulation — Speed Road — Marking

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, 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, vehicles facing a red signal at an intersection may make a

right turn into the nearest lane for traffic moving to the right. No turn, however, may

be made on a red signal if lanes of moving traffic must be crossed or if a sign at the

intersection prohibits a turn.

Under this bill, vehicles in the leftmost right-turn lane of a roadway that

provides two right-turn lanes may make a right turn on a red signal into a lane that

is second to the rightmost lane for traffic moving to the right. A turn of this sort may

be made regardless of whether lanes of moving traffic must be crossed.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Nass (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R)

12 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Allen (R) , Ballweg (R) , Hutton (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Mursau (R) , Ripp (R) , Sinicki (D) , Weatherston (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 8, 2016 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. Oct 14, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Nass and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Ripp, Allen, Ballweg, Hutton, Kleefisch, Knodl, Krug, Mursau, A. Ott, Sinicki and Weatherston

  2. Oct 14, 2015 · Senate

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

  3. Oct 28, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 7, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Jan 8, 2016 · Senate

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

  6. Jan 8, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Jan 11, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-12-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  9. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  10. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  11. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  12. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Read

  13. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended and taken up

  14. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  17. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  18. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Senator L. Taylor added as a coauthor

  20. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  21. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Jan 13, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  23. Jan 21, 2016 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  24. Feb 3, 2016 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-3-2016

  25. Feb 4, 2016 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 2-4-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 136

  26. Feb 4, 2016 · Senate

    Published 2-5-2016