Senate Bill 610
Safe carrying capacity on a boat
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 30, 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
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill defines the safe carrying capacity on a boat based solely on the maximum allowed total weight of person, motor, gear, and other articles placed aboard a boat and not on the number of persons allowed aboard a boat.
Current law prohibits a person from operating, and a boat owner from allowing a person to operate, a boat that is loaded with passengers or cargo beyond its safe carrying capacity, taking into consideration weather and other existing operating conditions. Under current Department of Natural Resources Administrative Code, “safe carrying capacity” is defined as either the maximum number of persons allowed and the maximum allowed total weight of person, motor, gear, and other articles placed aboard as displayed on the boat's capacity plate, under normal conditions, or less than the maximum number of persons or the maximum allowed total weight of person, motor, gear, and other articles placed aboard as displayed on a boat's capacity plate when taking into consideration abnormal weather or other existing operating conditions.
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This bill codifies this definition of “safe carrying capacity,” but eliminates the reference to the maximum number of persons allowed, instead basing the definition solely on the maximum weight allowed.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Republicans.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Devin LeMahieu · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (9)
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Adam Jarchow · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · 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 30, 2017
Sent to the Senate Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry.
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Nov 30, 2017
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 30, 2017 · Senate
Introduced by Senators LeMahieu and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Jarchow, R. Brooks, Felzkowski, Kremer, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Mursau, Skowronski and Tusler
- Nov 30, 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