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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 271

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Relating to: a commercial driver training grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)

Motor vehicle — Drivers license Sunset Workforce development department of

  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

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cabral-Guevara (R) , Wimberger (R)

14 cosponsors

Binsfeld (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Callahan (R) , Carpenter (D) , Edming (R) , Green (R) , Magnafici (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Petryk (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Summerfield (R) , VanderMeer (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 11, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 11, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Nov 13, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

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

Passed 5–0 Nov 13, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: CONCURRENCE

Passed 93–3 Feb 13, 2024 official source full page

Aye · 93

Not voting · 3

Full history

  1. 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

  2. May 8, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges

  3. May 30, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jul 14, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  5. Aug 7, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Jacobson withdrawn as a cosponsor

  6. Sep 26, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger

  7. Sep 27, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Oct 11, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Oct 11, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Oct 11, 2023 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  11. Oct 11, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Nov 13, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  15. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on the foot of the 14th order of business on the calendar of 11-14-2023

  16. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  17. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  18. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  19. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  21. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  22. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  24. Dec 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  25. Feb 8, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 by Committee on Rules

  26. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  27. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  28. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  29. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  30. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 93, Noes 3

  31. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  32. Feb 14, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  33. Feb 19, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  34. Mar 18, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024

  35. Mar 22, 2024 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-21-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 153

  36. Mar 22, 2024 · Senate

    Published 3-22-2024