Senate Bill 786
Alternative sentencing for certain drunken driving offenses and providing penalties. (FE)
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 10, 2016
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, May 16, 2016: “Fiscal estimate received”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill provides sentencing alternatives for persons who commit certain second, third, or fourth offenses related to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Under the bill, a court may sentence a person who commits his or her second, third, or fourth OWI-related offense to probation with a reduced minimum period of confinement in prison if, as a condition of probation, the court requires the person to take a therapeutically indicated dose of the drug naltrexone or to follow a nonpharmacological treatment plan.
Under current law, with certain exceptions, a person who commits a second OWI-related offense is subject to a fine of not less than $350 nor more than $1,100 and imprisonment for not less than five days nor more than six months. A person who commits a third OWI-related offense is subject to a fine of not less than $600 nor more than $2,000 and imprisonment for not less than 45 days nor more than one year. A person who commits a fourth OWI-related offense more than five years after his or her most recent previous OWI-related offense is subject to the same fine and maximum period of imprisonment as a person who commits a third OWI-related offense, but his or her period of imprisonment may not be less than 60 days.
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A person who operates a commercial motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration is subject, for a second offense, to a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 and imprisonment for not less than five days nor more than six months.
For a third or subsequent offense, a person who operates a commercial motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration is subject to a fine of not less than $600 nor more than $2,000 and imprisonment for not less than 45 days nor more than one year.
Under the bill, if a court sentences a person to probation and requires the person to take a therapeutically indicated dose of the drug naltrexone or follow a nonpharmacological treatment plan, the person is subject to the same fine but his or her period of imprisonment is reduced if he or she successfully completes probation.
For a person who commits a second OWI-related offense or a second offense related to operating a commercial vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration, the period of imprisonment is five to seven days. For a person who commits a third OWI-related offense or a third offense related to operating a commercial vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration, the period of imprisonment is not less than 14 days. For a person who commits a fourth OWI-related offense or a fourth offense related to operating a commercial vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration more than five years after his or her most recent previous OWI-related offense, the period of imprisonment is not less than 29 days.
Under the bill, a person may not be sentenced under this alternative sentencing or under another sentencing alternative for OWI-related offenses more than once in his or her lifetime.
Who's behind it
Kathleen Vinehout, a Democrat, is its .
9 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (9)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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May 16, 2016
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 10, 2016 to Mar 14, 2016
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Mar 10, 2016
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Mar 10, 2016
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 10, 2016 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Barca, Spreitzer, Considine, Berceau, Zamarripa and Kahl
- Mar 10, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Mar 10, 2016 · Senate
Representative Pope added as a cosponsor
- Mar 10, 2016 · Senate
Representative Ohnstad added as a cosponsor
- Mar 14, 2016 · Senate
Representative Brostoff added as a cosponsor
- Apr 13, 2016 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- May 16, 2016 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate