Assembly Bill 1183
Motor vehicle transfers of ownership and providing a penalty
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
Mar 10, 2022
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Rules. 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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill prohibits the transfer of a motor vehicle to a buyer who does not display a valid operator's license.
Current law requires the owner of a motor vehicle (owner), when transferring an interest in the vehicle, to record certain information on the vehicle's certificate of title and deliver the certificate of title to the person taking the interest in the vehicle (buyer). The owner must also disclose in writing the vehicle's mileage and, if applicable, certain prior damage to or uses of the vehicle. Upon receiving the certificate of title, the buyer must promptly complete an application for a new certificate of title and submit the application and the old certificate of title to the Department of Transportation. However, a different procedure applies for motor vehicles purchased from motor vehicle dealers, which generally do not hold title in their own names. When a dealer transfers an interest in a motor vehicle owned by the dealer, the dealer processes the certificate of title application for the vehicle and submits it directly to DOT.
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This bill prohibits an owner, dealer, or salesperson from transferring ownership of a motor vehicle, other than a collector vehicle, to a buyer unless the buyer displays an operator's license issued to the buyer that appears valid on its face and represents that the operator's license is valid. A buyer may not receive delivery of the vehicle unless the buyer has met these requirements. The bill provides exceptions for transfers of vehicles to persons who are unlicensed because they cannot demonstrate U.S. citizenship or legal presence in the United States and for transfers of vehicles to nonlicensed persons if the person provides reasonable proof that the motor vehicle is intended for transfer to a family member and that the family member to whom the motor vehicle will be transferred possesses a valid operator's license. An owner, dealer, salesperson, or buyer that violates these requirements may be required to forfeit not more than $1,000 or, if the violation is committed with intent to defraud, not more than $5,000.
Who's behind it
3 representatives are its . All 3 are Democrats.
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Authors (3)
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 10, 2022
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 10, 2022
Introduced in the Assembly.
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
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