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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 509

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Relating to: seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops. (FE)

Bus and truck — Taxation or registration Business Farm produce Road Transportation, department of — Vehicles

  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, with limited exceptions, no person may operate upon a

highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceeds certain statutory weight

limits unless the person obtains a permit issued by the Department of

Transportation or a local authority. Under one exception, certain vehicles or vehicle

combinations transporting agricultural crops may, without a permit, exceed weight

limits by not more than 15 percent from September 1 to December 31 of each year.

This bill extends the annual beginning date for this exception from September

1 to August 1.

Because this bill concerns an exception to the vehicle weight limits specified in

ch. 348, stats., the Department of Transportation, as required by law, will prepare

a report to be printed as an appendix to this bill.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

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

8 cosponsors

Ballweg, Kleefisch and Kulp , E. Brooks (R) , Hutton (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Ripp (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , T. Larson (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 25, 2016 official source full page

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

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

Passed 5–0 Jan 25, 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. Jan 6, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Moulton and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Hutton, Ripp, Skowronski and T. Larson

  2. Jan 6, 2016 · Senate

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

  3. Jan 7, 2016 · Senate

    Representatives Ballweg, Kleefisch and Kulp added as cosponsors

  4. Jan 14, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Petrowski

  6. Jan 21, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 25, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Jan 25, 2016 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Jan 25, 2016 · Senate

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

  10. Jan 25, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Feb 8, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-9-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  16. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  19. Feb 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  20. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 2:32 PM on 2-18-2016 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  21. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  22. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  25. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Feb 18, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  27. Feb 25, 2016 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  28. Feb 25, 2016 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-25-2016

  29. Mar 2, 2016 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-1-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 235

  30. Mar 2, 2016 · Senate

    Published 3-2-2016