Assembly Bill 867
Authorized bases of local motor vehicle registration fees. (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
Jan 19, 2018
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Transportation. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. 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 authorizes a city, village, or town (municipality) or county to impose a motor vehicle registration fee that is a flat fee or that is a variable fee based on any of several enumerated factors.
Under current law, any municipality or county may, by ordinance, impose an annual motor vehicle registration fee on most automobiles and light-duty trucks customarily kept in the municipality or county. The Department of Transportation collects this local registration fee, which is in addition to the state registration fee, at the time DOT collects the state registration fee and remits the local registration fee, minus administrative costs of collection, to the applicable municipality or county.
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The local registration fee may only be used by a municipality or county for transportation purposes.
Currently, a local motor vehicle registration fee must be a flat fee. Under this bill, the fee may be a flat fee or may be based on the vehicle's value, weight, or number of axles or the owner's income.
Who's behind it
11 lawmakers are its . All 11 are Democrats.
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Authors (11)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 19, 2018
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Jan 19, 2018
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 19, 2018 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Bowen, Crowley, Sargent, Brostoff, Fields, Spreitzer, Subeck, Berceau, Zepnick, Goyke and C. Taylor
- Jan 19, 2018 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation
- Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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
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