Senate Bill 271
A commercial driver training grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 22, 2024. It's .
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Introduced, passed
May 8, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Nov 14, 2023
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed 93 to 3
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2023 Wisconsin Act 153
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 22, 2024: “Published 3-22-2024”
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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.
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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 requires the Department of Workforce Development to establish a commercial driver training grant program. Under the program, DWD provides grants to persons or other entities that provide training leading to an individual receiving a commercial driver's license. The training must, in order to qualify for a grant, satisfy entry-level driver training requirements established by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), including that the grant applicant be listed on the FMCSA's registry of approved training providers. Grants under the bill may not exceed, for each individual trained, 50 percent of the costs of training the individual in the operation of commercial motor vehicles or $3,000, whichever is less. DWD may not award grants for applications to participate in the training program received after June 30, 2025.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Republicans.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Eric Wimberger · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (14)
- Amy Binsfeld · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Loren Oldenburg · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Treig Pronschinske · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Summerfield · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 5 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges vote on an amendment
Passed, 5 to 0 · Oct 11, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Oct 11, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Nov 13, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Nov 13, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 93 to 3 · Feb 13, 2024 · 3 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (93)
- 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)
- Daniel Riemer (D, 7)
- Dave Armstrong (R, 67)
- Dave Considine (D, 81)
- Dave Maxey (R, 83)
- Dave Murphy (R, 56)
- David Steffen (R, 4)
- Deb Andraca (D, 23)
- Donna Rozar (R, 69)
- Dora Drake (D, 4)
- Elijah Behnke (R, 6)
- Ellen Schutt (R, 31)
- Evan Goyke (D, 18)
- Greta Neubauer (D, 66)
- 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)
- Jimmy Anderson (D, 47)
- Jodi Emerson (D, 91)
- Joel Kitchens (R, 1)
- John Macco (R, 88)
- John Spiros (R, 86)
- 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)
- Lisa Subeck (D, 79)
- Loren Oldenburg (R, 96)
- Lori Palmeri (D, 54)
- Mark Born (R, 37)
- Melissa Ratcliff (D, 16)
- Michael Schraa (R, 53)
- Mike Bare (D, 80)
- Nancy VanderMeer (R, 70)
- Nik Rettinger (R, 83)
- Pat Snyder (R, 85)
- Paul Melotik (R, 22)
- 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 Allen (R, 82)
- Scott Johnson (R, 33)
- Scott Krug (R, 72)
- Shae Sortwell (R, 2)
- Shannon Zimmerman (R, 30)
- Shelia Stubbs (D, 78)
- 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 (3)
- Darrin Madison (D, 10)
- Francesca Hong (D, 76)
- Ryan Clancy (D, 19)
Didn't vote (3)
- Gae Magnafici (R, 28)
- Jon Plumer (R, 42)
- Marisabel Cabrera (D, 9)
Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 22, 2024
The new law was published.
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Mar 22, 2024
The governor signed it. It became 2023 Wisconsin Act 153.
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Mar 18, 2024
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 13, 2024
The Assembly passed it too, 93 to 3.
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Dec 6, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Nov 14, 2023
The Assembly received it.
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Nov 14, 2023
The Senate passed it.
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Nov 14, 2023
The Senate adopted it.
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Nov 14, 2023
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Nov 14, 2023
“Placed on the foot of the 14th order of business on the calendar of 11-14-2023” (the official wording)
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Nov 13, 2023
“Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Nov 13, 2023
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Oct 11, 2023
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Oct 11, 2023
“Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Sep 27, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jul 14, 2023
1 more representative signed on in support.
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May 30, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 8, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges.
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May 8, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- May 8, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Wimberger and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Pronschinske, Binsfeld, Brandtjen, Callahan, Edming, Green, Magnafici, Mursau, O'Connor, Oldenburg, Petryk, Summerfield and VanderMeer
- May 8, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges
- May 30, 2023 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 14, 2023 · Senate
Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Aug 7, 2023 · Senate
Representative Jacobson withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Sep 26, 2023 · Senate
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger
- Sep 27, 2023 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Oct 11, 2023 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Oct 11, 2023 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Oct 11, 2023 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Oct 11, 2023 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Nov 13, 2023 · Senate
Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Nov 13, 2023 · Senate
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Nov 13, 2023 · Senate
Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Nov 14, 2023 · Senate
Placed on the foot of the 14th order of business on the calendar of 11-14-2023
- Nov 14, 2023 · Senate
Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- Nov 14, 2023 · Senate
Read a second time
- Nov 14, 2023 · Senate
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
- Nov 14, 2023 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Nov 14, 2023 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Nov 14, 2023 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Nov 14, 2023 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Dec 6, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 8, 2024 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 by Committee on Rules
- Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 93, Noes 3
- Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 14, 2024 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Feb 19, 2024 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Mar 18, 2024 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024
- Mar 22, 2024 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 3-21-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 153
- Mar 22, 2024 · Senate
Published 3-22-2024
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