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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 280

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Relating to: tribal nation welcome signs.

Indians and tribal issues Road Road — Construction and repair Road — Marking

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill authorizes a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this

state to erect and maintain within the right-of-way of any highway within the

boundaries of an Indian reservation or other land held in trust for the tribe or band

a tribal nation welcome sign. Under the bill, “tribal nation welcome sign” means an

official sign erected and maintained by a federally recognized American Indian tribe

or band in this state that the tribe determines is necessary to inform motorists of the

territorial boundaries of tribal reservation and trust lands. The bill provides that

welcome signs may not be erected within the right-of-way of an interstate highway

and are not subject to the Wisconsin manual on traffic control devices adopted by the

Department of Transportation.

Under current law generally, no sign may be placed within the limits of any

street or highway except as necessary for the guidance or warning of traffic, the

safeguard of children at play, or to indicate the presence of a neighborhood watch

program. This prohibition does not apply to directional and other official signs or to

municipal welcome signs.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Felzkowski (R) , Quinn (R) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D)

21 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Behnke (R) , Born (R) , Cabrera (D) , Carpenter (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Dallman (R) , Drake (D) , Edming (R) , Gustafson (R) , Hong (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Mursau (R) , Myers (D) , Novak (R) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Snodgrass (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 10, 2023 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. May 15, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Felzkowski, Quinn, Roys, Spreitzer and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Behnke, Born, Dallman, Edming, Hong, Novak, Palmeri, Cabrera, Myers and Clancy

  2. May 15, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

  3. Jul 18, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Madison added as a cosponsor

  4. Aug 15, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  5. Aug 22, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Joers added as a cosponsor

  6. Aug 28, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  7. Sep 6, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Conley added as a cosponsor

  8. Sep 27, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  9. Oct 3, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor

  10. Oct 6, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  11. Oct 10, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  12. Oct 10, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  13. Oct 10, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Drake added as a cosponsor

  14. Nov 3, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-7-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  15. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor

  16. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  17. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Agard added as a coauthor

  18. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  19. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  21. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  22. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  24. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Read

  25. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up

  26. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  27. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  29. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  30. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Nov 8, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  32. Nov 13, 2023 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  33. Nov 30, 2023 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023

  34. Dec 7, 2023 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 74

  35. Dec 7, 2023 · Senate

    Published 12-7-2023