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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 485

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Relating to: municipal ordinances authorizing all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle operation on highways within the municipality.

Ordinance Recreation vehicle Road

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill authorizes a municipality to enact an ordinance to authorize the

operation of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and utility terrain vehicles (UTVs) on

certain highways within the territorial boundaries of the municipality.

Under current law, no person may operate an ATV or UTV upon any interstate

highway or, unless authorized by the Department of Transportation, any other

freeway. A person may operate an ATV or UTV on any other highway only under

certain limited circumstances.

Under this bill, a city, village, or town may enact an ordinance to authorize the

operation of ATVs and UTVs on a highway that is not part of the national system of

interstate and defense highways, that has a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less,

and that is located within the territorial boundaries of the city, village, or town

regardless of whether the city, village, or town has jurisdiction over the highway.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Duchow (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Gannon (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jarchow (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kulp (R) , Novak (R) , Ripp (R) , Spiros (R) , Summerfield (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tranel (R)

5 cosponsors

Harsdorf (R) , Marklein (R) , Moulton (R) , Skowronski (R) , Testin (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 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.

Full history

  1. Aug 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Novak, Tranel, Ballweg, E. Brooks, Duchow, Gannon, Horlacher, Jarchow, Kitchens, Kulp, Ripp, Summerfield, Spiros and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Testin, Harsdorf and Moulton

  2. Aug 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Oct 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor

  6. Nov 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  7. Nov 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1