Senate Bill 404
Overweight permits for vehicles or vehicle combinations with six or more axles. (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
Sep 16, 2019
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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, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs. 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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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
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 authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue permits for the operation of vehicle combinations that exceed maximum gross weight limitations by not more than 11,000 pounds if the vehicle combination has six or more axles and meets specified weight limits based on the number of axles and distances between axles. The bill provides that the permits may be issued for operation only on state trunk highways and on local highways for a distance up to 15 miles in order to travel to and from a state trunk highway or to reach fuel, food, maintenance, repair, rest, staging, terminal or vehicle assembly facilities, or points of loading or unloading.
The permits do not authorize operation of vehicles in excess of special or seasonal weight limits imposed on a highway or weight restrictions on heavy traffic routes.
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Under the bill, an applicant for a permit must include a description of the proposed route they will travel, and DOT must minimize the operation of overweight vehicles on state trunk highways in residential areas. If DOT issues a permit that approves a route through a 1st class city, DOT must notify the city.
Under current law, with limited exceptions, no person may operate upon a highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceeds certain statutory weight limits unless the person obtains a permit issued by DOT or a local authority.
Because this bill concerns an exception to the vehicle weight limits specified in ch. 348, stats., the Department of Transportation, as required by law, will prepare a report to be printed as an appendix to this bill.
Who's behind it
8 senators are its . All 8 are Republicans.
19 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Devin LeMahieu · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (19)
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- Terry Katsma · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
- Shannon Zimmerman · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 22, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 16, 2019
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs.
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Sep 16, 2019
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 16, 2019 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Tiffany, Bernier, Craig, Feyen, LeMahieu, Olsen, Stroebel and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Brandtjen, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Hutton, Katsma, Mursau, Nygren, Plumer, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Sortwell, Tusler, Wittke, Zimmerman, Dittrich and Skowronski
- Sep 16, 2019 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs
- Nov 22, 2019 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 1, 2020 · 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