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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 270

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Relating to: discontinuance of certain special group plates. (FE)

Motor vehicle — Taxation or registration Motorcycle — Taxation or registration Transportation department of — Vehicles Trespass

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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, certain special group motor vehicle registration plates

issued by the Department of Transportation are discontinued if, at certain intervals,

DOT receives fewer than 500 applications for registration renewal for vehicles for

which these special plates were issued. Current law requires DOT to assess the

sufficiency of the number of applications every three years. Special group plates

affected by this requirement are plates expressing support for Midwest Athletes

Against Childhood Cancer, Boy Scouts of America, Whitetails Unlimited, Wisconsin

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and the nursing profession.

Under this bill, DOT may not discontinue a special plate for failure to maintain

a sufficient number of applications if the number of applications for the plate was less

than 500 in 2020, but greater than 500 in 2021.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Nass (R) , Petrowski (R)

10 cosponsors

Bowen (D) , Edming (R) , Krug (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Plumer (R) , Rozar (R) , Spiros (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jun 3, 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 31, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Carpenter, Cowles and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Plumer, Bowen, Edming, Krug, Moses, Murphy, Rozar, Tusler and VanderMeer

  2. Mar 31, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

  3. Apr 7, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 13, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jun 3, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Jun 3, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Jun 3, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-23-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Jun 23, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  10. Jun 23, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Jun 23, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Jun 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  13. Jun 23, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Jun 23, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Dec 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1