Assembly Bill 49
Disabled parking privileges on University of Wisconsin System campuses. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Dec 6, 2023. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Feb 20, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed 87 to 8
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Oct 17, 2023
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2023 Wisconsin Act 59
Latest entry in the official record, Dec 6, 2023: “Published 12-7-2023”
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill expands certain parking privileges for vehicles with disabled parking plates or special identification cards to include University of Wisconsin System campuses.
Under current law, a person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk may apply for and obtain from the Department of Transportation special motor vehicle registration plates or a special identification card entitling a motor vehicle used by the person to certain parking privileges. Except as provided by ordinance in first or second class cities, vehicles bearing these plates or cards are not subject to time limitations on parking on any municipally owned or leased street or in any municipally owned or leased parking lot with at least a 30-minute time limitation and no meter payment is required to be made.
Who's behind it
16 representatives are its . 12 are Republicans and 4 are Democrats.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Johnson · Republican, Assembly
- Peter Schmidt · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities vote to recommend it
Passed, 10 to 3 · Apr 12, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 10, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 87 to 8 · Apr 18, 2023 · 4 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (87)
- Adam Neylon (R, 15)
- Alex Dallman (R, 39)
- Alex Joers (D, 81)
- Amanda Nedweski (R, 32)
- Amy Binsfeld (R, 27)
- Angie Sapik (R, 73)
- Barbara Dittrich (R, 99)
- Bob Donovan (R, 61)
- Bob Wittke (R, 63)
- Calvin Callahan (R, 35)
- Chanz Green (R, 74)
- Christine Sinicki (D, 20)
- Chuck Wichgers (R, 84)
- Cindi Duchow (R, 97)
- Clint Anderson (D, 45)
- Clint Moses (R, 92)
- Dan Knodl (R, 24)
- Daniel Riemer (D, 7)
- Dave Armstrong (R, 67)
- Dave Considine (D, 81)
- Dave Maxey (R, 83)
- Dave Murphy (R, 56)
- Deb Andraca (D, 23)
- Donna Rozar (R, 69)
- Dora Drake (D, 4)
- Elijah Behnke (R, 6)
- Ellen Schutt (R, 31)
- Gae Magnafici (R, 28)
- Gus Gustafson (R, 55)
- James Edming (R, 87)
- Janel Brandtjen (R, 22)
- Jeff Mursau (R, 36)
- Jenna Jacobson (D, 50)
- Jerry O'Connor (R, 60)
- Jessie Rodriguez (R, 21)
- Jill Billings (D, 95)
- Jodi Emerson (D, 91)
- Joel Kitchens (R, 1)
- John Macco (R, 88)
- John Spiros (R, 86)
- Jon Plumer (R, 42)
- Joy Goeben (R, 5)
- Kalan Haywood (D, 16)
- Karen Hurd (R, 69)
- Katrina Shankland (D, 71)
- Kevin Petersen (R, 57)
- Kristina Shelton (D, 90)
- LaKeshia Myers (D, 12)
- Lee Snodgrass (D, 52)
- Loren Oldenburg (R, 96)
- Lori Palmeri (D, 54)
- Mark Born (R, 37)
- Michael Schraa (R, 53)
- Mike Bare (D, 80)
- Nancy VanderMeer (R, 70)
- Nik Rettinger (R, 83)
- Pat Snyder (R, 85)
- Paul Tittl (R, 25)
- Peter Schmidt (R, 6)
- Rick Gundrum (R, 58)
- Rob Brooks (R, 59)
- Rob Summerfield (R, 68)
- Rob Swearingen (R, 34)
- Robin Vos (R, 33)
- Robyn Vining (D, 13)
- Ron Tusler (R, 3)
- Samba Baldeh (D, 48)
- Scott Johnson (R, 33)
- Scott Krug (R, 72)
- Shae Sortwell (R, 2)
- Shannon Zimmerman (R, 30)
- Steve Doyle (D, 94)
- Sue Conley (D, 44)
- Supreme Moore Omokunde (D, 17)
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D, 8)
- Terry Katsma (R, 26)
- Tip McGuire (D, 64)
- Tod Ohnstad (D, 65)
- Todd Novak (R, 51)
- Tom Michalski (R, 13)
- Tony Kurtz (R, 41)
- Travis Tranel (R, 49)
- Treig Pronschinske (R, 29)
- Ty Bodden (R, 59)
- Tyler August (R, 31)
- Warren Petryk (R, 93)
- Will Penterman (R, 38)
No (8)
- Darrin Madison (D, 10)
- Francesca Hong (D, 76)
- Greta Neubauer (D, 66)
- Lisa Subeck (D, 79)
- Marisabel Cabrera (D, 9)
- Melissa Ratcliff (D, 16)
- Ryan Clancy (D, 19)
- Shelia Stubbs (D, 78)
Didn't vote (4)
- David Steffen (R, 4)
- Evan Goyke (D, 18)
- Jimmy Anderson (D, 47)
- Scott Allen (R, 82)
Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Oct 10, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Dec 6, 2023
The new law was published.
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Dec 6, 2023
The governor signed it. It became 2023 Wisconsin Act 59.
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Nov 30, 2023
Sent to the governor.
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Oct 17, 2023
The Senate passed it too.
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Oct 10, 2023
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Sep 27, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 20, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
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Apr 18, 2023
The Senate received it.
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Apr 18, 2023
The Assembly passed it, 87 to 8.
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Apr 17, 2023
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Apr 12, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 12, 2023
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 3.
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Mar 30, 2023
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 20, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 16, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 20, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Feb 20, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 20, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Penterman, S. Johnson, Allen, Bare, Behnke, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Murphy, Ortiz-Velez, Rettinger, Schmidt, Sinicki, Spiros, Myers and Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Nass, Ballweg and Cowles
- Feb 20, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities
- Mar 16, 2023 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 20, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 30, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
- Mar 30, 2023 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 12, 2023 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 10, Noes 3
- Apr 12, 2023 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 13, 2023 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 4-18-2023 by Committee on Rules
- Apr 17, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 87, Noes 8
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Apr 18, 2023 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Apr 20, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Sep 27, 2023 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Oct 6, 2023 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Oct 10, 2023 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Oct 10, 2023 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Oct 16, 2023 · Senate
Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Oct 17, 2023 · Senate
Read a second time
- Oct 17, 2023 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 17, 2023 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Oct 17, 2023 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Oct 17, 2023 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 18, 2023 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Oct 18, 2023 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 10-18-2023
- Nov 30, 2023 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023
- Dec 6, 2023 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 59
- Dec 6, 2023 · Assembly
Published 12-7-2023
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote