Senate Bill 188
Snowmobile trail use stickers and trail aids and supplemental trail aids for snowmobile trail maintenance. (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
Apr 20, 2017
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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 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
13 senators are its . 8 are Republicans and 5 are Democrats.
36 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Devin LeMahieu · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (36)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Adam Jarchow · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Summerfield · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- Thomas Weatherston · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 21, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 20, 2017
Sent to the Senate Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry.
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Apr 20, 2017
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 20, 2017 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Harsdorf, Cowles, Erpenbach, Hansen, LeMahieu, Marklein, Olsen, Petrowski, Ringhand, Stroebel, Tiffany, Wirch and Bewley; cosponsored 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
- Apr 20, 2017 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry
- Apr 21, 2017 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 28, 2018 · Senate
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
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate