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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 437

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Relating to: operation of unregistered vehicles. (FE)

Motor vehicle — Taxation or registration Motorcycle — Taxation or registration Public safety Public service commission Transportation department of — Vehicles

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a vehicle subject to registration by the Department of

Transportation generally may not be operated upon a highway in this state unless

the vehicle is registered or an application for vehicle registration has been mailed or

delivered to DOT or delivered to a motor vehicle dealer and the vehicle displays a

temporary operation plate. Currently, this prohibition does not apply during a

declared state of emergency. This bill eliminates the state of emergency exception

and creates an exception for operation due to imminent public disaster or imminent

death or great bodily harm.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Marklein (R) , Nass (R)

13 cosponsors

Brandtjen (R) , Callahan (R) , Dittrich (R) , Feyen (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Novak (R) , Penterman (R) , Schraa (R) , Spiros (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 0

Passed 6–0 Sep 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. Jun 24, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Dittrich, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Moses, Spiros, Brandtjen and Murphy

  2. Jun 24, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Jul 9, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jul 15, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Schraa added as a cosponsor

  5. Jul 16, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Callahan added as a cosponsor

  6. Jul 29, 2021 · Senate

    Senator Feyen added as a coauthor

  7. Aug 4, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor

  8. Sep 9, 2021 · Senate

    LRB correction

  9. Sep 9, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  10. Sep 15, 2021 · Senate

    Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor

  11. Sep 16, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  12. Sep 16, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 0

  13. Sep 16, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  14. Sep 24, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 9-28-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  15. Sep 28, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Sep 28, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Sep 28, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  18. Sep 28, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  19. Sep 28, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Sep 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  21. Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  22. Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-26-2021 by Committee on Rules

  23. Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  24. Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  27. Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  28. Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Oct 27, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  30. Nov 2, 2021 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  31. Dec 2, 2021 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 12-2-2021

  32. Dec 6, 2021 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-3-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 108

  33. Dec 6, 2021 · Senate

    Published 12-4-2021