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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 853

Requiring vehicles to stop for pedestrians at certain intersections and crosswalks

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 18, 2022

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. 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 Criminal Justice and Public Safety. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires a vehicle operator to stop his or her vehicle and remain stopped until a pedestrian crossing at a crosswalk has completed crossing the roadway.

Under current law, the operator of a vehicle is required to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian, personal delivery device, bicyclist, or rider of an electric scooter or electric personal assistive mobility device that is crossing a highway at an intersection or crosswalk controlled by a traffic signal on a green or “walk" signal or that is crossing a highway at an intersection or crosswalk not controlled by a traffic signal within a marked or unmarked crosswalk. “Yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian" is defined to mean that the operator of a vehicle must reduce speed, or stop if necessary, to avoid endangering, colliding with, or interfering with pedestrian travel.

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The bill requires that, under these circumstances, rather than yield, the vehicle operator must stop the vehicle and remain stopped until the pedestrian, personal delivery device, bicyclist, or rider of an electric scooter or electric personal assistive mobility device has completed crossing the roadway.

Who's behind it

14 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 14 are Democrats.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 16 names

Authors (14)

Signed on in support (2)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jan 18, 2022

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

  3. Jan 18, 2022

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Shelton, Snodgrass, Andraca, Billings, Considine, Emerson, Hebl, B. Meyers, Pope, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck, Vruwink and Drake; cosponsored by Senators Agard and Larson

  2. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor