Senate Bill 617
Indicia of registration for electric vehicles. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor
Both chambers passed it, and the governor vetoed it on Mar 29, 2024. Lawmakers did not , so it stands.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 7, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Feb 20, 2024
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 22, 2024
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Governor, stopped here
Vetoed Mar 29, 2024.
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, May 14, 2024: “Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82”
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Veto override
Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.
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 would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under this bill, the Department of Transportation must issue to registrants of hybrid and nonhybrid electric motor vehicles distinctive registration plates or decals for display on existing registration plates that identify the vehicles as electric vehicles.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . All 6 are Republicans.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (10)
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Tom Michalski · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Treig Pronschinske · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Johnson · Republican, Assembly
- Peter Schmidt · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government vote to recommend it
Passed, 3 to 2 · Feb 16, 2024
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 Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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May 14, 2024
The veto stood. Lawmakers didn't override it.
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Mar 29, 2024
The governor vetoed it.
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Mar 26, 2024
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 22, 2024
The Assembly passed it too.
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Feb 20, 2024
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 20, 2024
The Assembly received it.
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Feb 20, 2024
The Senate passed it.
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Feb 16, 2024
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 3 to 2.
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Feb 15, 2024
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 17, 2024
The committee held a public hearing.
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Nov 7, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
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Nov 7, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 7, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators James, Testin, Ballweg, Cabral-Guevara, Cowles and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Pronschinske, Dittrich, Duchow, Emerson, Goeben, S. Johnson, Michalski, Moses, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman and Schmidt
- Nov 7, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Jan 17, 2024 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 1, 2024 · Senate
Representative Emerson withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Feb 15, 2024 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 15, 2024 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 16, 2024 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Feb 16, 2024 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 19, 2024 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 20, 2024 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 20, 2024 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 20, 2024 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Feb 20, 2024 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 20, 2024 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 11:25 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28
- Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 23, 2024 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Feb 27, 2024 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Mar 26, 2024 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2024
- Mar 29, 2024 · Senate
Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-29-2024
- May 13, 2024 · Senate
Placed on calendar 5-14-2024 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
- May 14, 2024 · Senate
Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
Terms on this page
Veto override
Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.
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
Veto override
Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.
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