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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 475

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Relating to: lighting requirements for animal-drawn vehicles operated on highways. (FE)

Animal Horses Motor vehicle — Equipment Road Weather

  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

Under current law, no animal-drawn vehicle may be operated on a highway

during hours of darkness unless the vehicle is equipped with at least one white light

visible from a distance of 500 feet ahead and two red lights visible from 500 feet to

the rear.

This bill requires that, in addition to the white headlight and the red rear lights,

such vehicles must be equipped with rear flashing yellow or amber strobe lights. The

bill also requires that the lights on an animal-drawn vehicle be illuminated during

periods of inclement weather.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Kulp (R) , Mursau (R) , Spiros (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R)

6 cosponsors

Marklein (R) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Skowronski (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 12, Noes 1

Passed 12–1 Nov 14, 2017 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 15, 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. Aug 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Spiros, Kulp, VanderMeer, Mursau and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Olsen, Moulton, Marklein and Wanggaard

  2. Aug 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Sep 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor

  7. Nov 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 12, Noes 1

  8. Nov 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Jan 11, 2018 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-16-2018 by Committee on Rules

  10. Jan 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Jan 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Jan 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Jan 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Jan 16, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Jan 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Jan 17, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  17. Jan 17, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  18. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  19. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  20. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  21. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  23. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Mar 21, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  26. Mar 27, 2018 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-27-2018

  27. Apr 2, 2018 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2018

  28. Apr 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 228

  29. Apr 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Published 4-4-2018