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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 203

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Relating to: indication of veteran status on an operator's license or identification card. (FE)

Identification cards Military personnel Motor vehicle — Drivers license Motor vehicle — Regulation National guard Veteran

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a veteran of the U.S. armed forces may elect to indicate his

or her veteran status on his or her Wisconsin operator's license or identification card.

“Veteran" is a defined term that includes individuals who have served a specified

period of active duty under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces or in forces

incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces. With limited exceptions, neither

national guard duty nor service in a reserve unit qualifies as active duty.

This bill creates a definition of “veteran" that includes any current or former

member of the U.S. armed forces, a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces, or the

national guard for the purpose of enabling such a person to indicate on his or her

operator's license or identification card that he or she is a veteran. This definition

applies only for this purpose and not to any other veteran benefit.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Callahan (R) , Gundrum (R) , Horlacher (R) , Knodl (R) , Magnafici (R) , Mursau (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Sinicki (D) , Sortwell (R)

11 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Darling (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Feyen (R) , Jacque (R) , Kooyenga (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Loudenbeck (R) , Milroy and Shelton , Novak (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Jun 16, 2021 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Jun 16, 2021 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Jun 16, 2021 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. Mar 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Cabral-Guevara, Brandtjen, Brooks, Callahan, Gundrum, Horlacher, Knodl, Magnafici, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Darling, Carpenter, Felzkowski, Feyen and L. Taylor

  2. Mar 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. May 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  6. May 19, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. May 19, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Committee on Transportation

  8. May 20, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Loudenbeck added as a coauthor

  9. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  10. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-22-2021 by Committee on Rules

  12. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  13. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  14. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed at the foot of the calendar of 6-22-2021

  15. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  17. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sortwell and Murphy

  18. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  19. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sortwell and Murphy

  20. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  21. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  22. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  25. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Representatives Milroy and Shelton added as coauthors

  26. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  28. Jun 24, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism

  29. Jul 15, 2021 · Senate

    Senator Kooyenga added as a cosponsor

  30. Aug 27, 2021 · Senate

    Senator Bewley added as a cosponsor

  31. Dec 16, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Novak added as a coauthor

  32. Feb 1, 2022 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism and rereferred to committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  33. Feb 1, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  34. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1