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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 442

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Relating to: all-terrain vehicle route signage. (FE)

Municipality Natural resources, department of — Recreation and boating Recreation vehicle 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

This bill makes changes to requirements for signs placed to mark all-terrain

vehicle (ATV) routes.

Under current law, a town, village, city, or county (political subdivision) may

designate highways or sidewalks as ATV routes. In addition, it may authorize the

operation of utility terrain vehicles (UTVs) on ATV routes. Rules promulgated by the

Department of Natural Resources require that all ATV routes be marked by signs at

the beginning of the route and at intervals along the route as needed to enable ATV

operators to follow the route.

The bill provides that, if a political subdivision designates specific highways

within its territorial boundaries as ATV routes, the political subdivision is required

to erect a sign at each point on a highway where the ATV route begins and at each

point where the ATV route intersects a highway that is not part of the route.

Alternatively, the bill authorizes a political subdivision to designate all highways

within its territorial boundaries as ATV routes and to erect signs at the entrances

to the political subdivision alerting motorists of this designation. The bill also

provides that if a political subdivision erects these entrance signs, DNR may not

require it to erect or maintain additional signs along the ATV routes.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brostoff (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Jacque (R) , Meyers (D) , Novak (R) , Ripp (R) , Spiros (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R)

5 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Cowles (R) , Harsdorf (R) , Lasee (R) , Marklein (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Oct 16, 2017 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 11, Noes 0

Passed 11–0 Oct 16, 2017 official source full page

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

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

Passed 5–0 Jan 31, 2018 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. Jul 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Jacque, Ripp, Tranel, Tittl, Felzkowski, Swearingen, Edming, E. Brooks, Brostoff, Meyers, Novak and Spiros; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Bewley, Harsdorf, Lasee and Marklein

  2. Jul 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Aug 3, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Aug 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Sep 11, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Jacque

  6. Sep 12, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Sep 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Oct 16, 2017 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  9. Oct 16, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  10. Oct 16, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Oct 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-2-2017 by Committee on Rules

  12. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Nov 3, 2017 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Nov 6, 2017 · Senate

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

  20. Dec 5, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  21. Jan 30, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  22. Jan 31, 2018 · Senate

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

  23. Jan 31, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  25. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  26. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  28. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  29. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  31. Feb 26, 2018 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  32. Feb 26, 2018 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-26-2018

  33. Apr 2, 2018 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2018

  34. Apr 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 193

  35. Apr 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Published 4-4-2018