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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 180

Snowmobile trail use stickers and trail aids and supplemental trail aids for snowmobile trail maintenance. (FE)

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 28, 2017

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill increases the maximum dollar amount per mile that the Department of Natural Resources may pay to counties for actual expenses related to maintaining snowmobile trails.

Under current law, state aid is available for the actual cost of maintaining a qualifying snowmobile trail, but may not exceed $250 per mile per year. Under this bill, the maximum aid available is increased to $300 per mile per year.

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Under current law, a county that exceeds $250 per mile in maintenance expenses and $150 per mile in grooming expenses in a fiscal year is eligible for supplemental aid payments the following fiscal year. Under this bill, a county that exceeds $300 per mile in maintenance expenses and $200 per mile in grooming expenses in a fiscal year is eligible for supplemental aid payments the following fiscal year.

Also under current law, most snowmobiles operated on a public snowmobile corridor must display a trail use sticker issued by DNR. There are three categories of snowmobiles for which DNR issues trail use stickers: snowmobiles exempt from registration, snowmobiles owned by members of a snowmobile club, and snowmobiles owned by those who are not members of a snowmobile club. DNR is required to charge a specific fee for a trail use sticker issued for snowmobiles in each category. The current categories and fees apply only to trail use stickers issued from fiscal years 2015-16 to 2018-19. This bill eliminates the fiscal year limitations on these categories and fees.

Who's behind it

36 lawmakers are its ⁠. 30 are Republicans and 6 are Democrats.

15 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 51 names

Authors (36)

Signed on in support (15)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Tourism vote to recommend it

Passed, 15 to 0 · May 16, 2017

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Tourism, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 16, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. May 16, 2017

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.

  4. Apr 26, 2017

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Apr 14, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Mar 30, 2017 to Apr 6, 2017

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  7. Mar 28, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Tourism.

  8. Mar 28, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Felzkowski, Swearingen, Hesselbein, Ballweg, Bernier, Billings, Born, Brandtjen, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Horlacher, Mursau, Ripp, Jarchow, Kitchens, Kolste, Kremer, Kulp, Milroy, Nerison, Novak, Petryk, Quinn, Schraa, Skowronski, Spiros, Summerfield, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Vruwink, Wachs, Weatherston and Rohrkaste; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Cowles, Erpenbach, Hansen, LeMahieu, Marklein, Olsen, Petrowski, Ringhand, Stroebel, Tiffany, Wirch and Bewley

  2. Mar 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Tourism

  3. Mar 30, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Spreitzer added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Edming added as a coauthor

  5. Apr 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 26, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. May 11, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. May 16, 2017 · Assembly

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

  9. May 16, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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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

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. 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.

More in the glossary

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary