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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 9

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Relating to: court proceedings for traffic violations.

Court — Procedure Court — Traffic Motor vehicle — Regulation

  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 eliminates references to an immediate trial for a person appearing in

court in response to certain traffic citations.

Under current law, when a person appears in court in response to a traffic

citation, the court is required to ask whether the person pleads guilty, not guilty, or

no contest. If the person pleads not guilty, the person may ask the court for an

immediate trial or request a continuance. This bill eliminates references to

continuance and to immediate trial except for nonmoving traffic violations.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Feyen (R) , Wanggaard (R)

11 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Ballweg (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Mursau (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 0

Passed 4–0 Feb 2, 2017 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 May 19, 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. Jan 24, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Allen, Ballweg, Edming, Mursau, Spiros, Steffen, Tusler, Wichgers and E. Brooks

  2. Jan 24, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Jan 31, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 1, 2017 · Senate

    Senator L. Taylor added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 2, 2017 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 2, 2017 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 0

  7. Feb 2, 2017 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Feb 6, 2017 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-8-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Feb 8, 2017 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  10. Feb 8, 2017 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Feb 8, 2017 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Feb 8, 2017 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  13. Feb 8, 2017 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Feb 8, 2017 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary

  16. Apr 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  17. May 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  18. May 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  19. Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-21-2017 by Committee on Rules

  20. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Jun 22, 2017 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  26. Jun 27, 2017 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  27. Aug 1, 2017 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 8-1-2017

  28. Aug 2, 2017 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 8-2-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 40

  29. Aug 2, 2017 · Senate

    Published 8-3-2017