Senate Bill 571
Exemptions to certain boating restrictions for operators of hydro-flight devices and operators of personal watercraft that assist in powering hydro-flight devices
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
Nov 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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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates exemptions to certain boating restrictions for operators of hydro-flight devices and associates watercraft.
Current law prohibits a person from operating a personal watercraft at a speed in excess of slow-no-wake within 200 feet of the shoreline of any lake or within 100 feet of any other boat. A personal watercraft is a motorboat that uses an inboard motor powering a water jet pump or a caged propeller as its primary source of motive power and that is designed to be operated by a person standing on, kneeling on, or sitting astride the watercraft. Slow-no-wake is the speed at which a boat moves as slowly as possible while still maintaining steerage control. Current law also generally prohibits a person from operating any boat within 100 feet of a swimmer.
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This bill provides that the restrictions on the operation of a personal watercraft at speeds exceeding slow-no-wake near a shoreline or another boat and the restrictions against operating a boat within 100 feet of a swimmer do not apply to a person operating a hydro-flight device or to a person operating a personal watercraft that is used to assist in powering the hydro-flight device. The bill defines a hydro-flight device as a jet powered device, attached by hose to a personal watercraft, that propels a person wearing, holding, or standing on the device into the air by the use of water forced under pressure through the hose.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . 1 is a Democrat and 1 is a Republican.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (10)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Adam Jarchow · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 20, 2017
Sent to the Senate Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry.
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Nov 20, 2017
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 20, 2017 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Olsen and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Barca, Jarchow, Ballweg, Brandtjen, Fields, Krug, Mursau, Ohnstad, Rohrkaste and Spiros
- Nov 20, 2017 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry
- 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
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