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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 392

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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, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, 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 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: Harsdorf (R) , Marklein (R) , Moulton (R) , Testin (R)

15 cosponsors

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

Votes

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

Passed 5–0 Oct 25, 2017 official source full page

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

Senate: Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13

Passed 20–13 Oct 31, 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 24, 2017 · Senate

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

  2. Aug 24, 2017 · Senate

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

  3. Aug 24, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Thiesfeldt added as a cosponsor

  4. Oct 4, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 24, 2017 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Oct 25, 2017 · Senate

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

  7. Oct 25, 2017 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Oct 27, 2017 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-31-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  10. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  12. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Oct 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Hansen, L. Taylor, Vinehout, Johnson, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Risser, Ringhand, Miller, Shilling, Bewley, Wirch and Larson

  16. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Read a second time

  17. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  18. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-9-2017 by Committee on Rules

  19. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor

  20. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Nov 10, 2017 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  26. Nov 20, 2017 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  27. Nov 28, 2017 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 11-28-2017

  28. Dec 4, 2017 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-30-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 87

  29. Dec 4, 2017 · Senate

    Published 12-1-2017