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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 642

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Relating to: entry-level training requirements for applicants for commercial driver licenses and certain endorsements. (FE)

Motor vehicle — Drivers license

  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

A recently promulgated federal regulation requires certain applicants for

commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) to successfully complete entry-level driver

training, as specified in the federal regulations, before being licensed. Specifically,

those who apply for a CDL for the first time, who upgrade their CDL, or who seek to

to obtain a passenger, school bus, or hazardous materials endorsement for the first

time must complete the training. This bill integrates these entry-level driver

training requirements into the statutes governing the Department of

Transportation's issuance of CDLs.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

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

7 cosponsors

Cabrera (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Spiros (R) , Subeck (D) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 18, 2022 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. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Carpenter, Cowles and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Moses, Mursau, Subeck and Wichgers

  2. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry

  3. Nov 4, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 12, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 12, 2022 · Senate

    Senator L. Taylor added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 18, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 18, 2022 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Jan 18, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Jan 21, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Jan 24, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor

  11. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  15. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  17. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Read

  18. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up

  19. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  20. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  21. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  22. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  23. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. Jan 26, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  25. Feb 3, 2022 · Senate

    LRB correction

  26. Feb 3, 2022 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  27. Mar 3, 2022 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-3-2022

  28. Mar 7, 2022 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-4-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 152

  29. Mar 7, 2022 · Senate

    Published 3-5-2022