Assembly Bill 371
The use of speed safety camera systems and traffic control photographic systems in a first class city and providing a penalty. (FE)
Topics: Milwaukee: Police, Motor vehicle: Regulation, Motor vehicle: Regulation: Speed
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jul 17, 2025
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. The committee's chair at the time was John Spiros. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 375. That version died when the session ended.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill allows law enforcement agencies in a first class city (presently only Milwaukee) to use a speed safety camera system (SSCS) to identify speed limit violations and a traffic control photographic system (TCPS) to identify certain traffic signal violations.
Under current law, law enforcement officers may not use any radar device combined with photographic identification of a vehicle to determine compliance with motor vehicle speed limits. Under this bill, a first class city may use an SSCS to determine compliance with speed limits. With exceptions, the vehicle owner is subject to a forfeiture for a speed limit violation detected by an SSCS. However, no traffic citation may be issued for a speed limit violation for which the SSCS indicated a speed of less than 15 miles per hour above the speed limit alleged to be violated. The owner is subject to the same forfeiture that would be applicable to the vehicle operator for the violation. The bill also imposes a number of administrative requirements on a municipality that uses an SSCS to determine compliance with speed limits. The authorization of the use of an SSCS to determine compliance with speed limits expires five years after an SSCS is implemented.
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This bill also authorizes a first class city to use a TCPS to detect motor vehicles that fail to properly stop at red traffic signals at intersections. A TCPS is an electronic system that automatically produces photographs of motor vehicles traveling through an intersection. With exceptions, the vehicle owner is subject to a forfeiture for a traffic signal violation detected by a TCPS of not more than the amount provided for a traffic signal violation under current law, currently between $20 and $100. The authorization of the use of a TCPS to detect traffic signal violations expires five years after a TCPS is implemented.
Forfeitures collected under either of these authorizations must be appropriated for the costs of implementing and operating the system and after those costs have been paid may be used only for traffic enforcement, traffic safety programs, and traffic safety infrastructure.
Who's behind it
14 representatives are its . 8 are Democrats and 6 are Republicans.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (14)
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen Kirsch · Democrat, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Adam Neylon · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (11)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 8, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Oct 27, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 7, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jul 17, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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Jul 17, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jul 17, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Novak, Haywood, Goodwin, Kirsch, Brooks, Duchow, Miresse, Melotik, Tusler, Arney, Palmeri, Prado, Neylon, Udell and Phelps; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Drake, L. Johnson, Carpenter, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Pfaff, Spreitzer and James
- Jul 17, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Jul 21, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Phelps withdrawn as a coauthor
- Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Andraca added as a coauthor
- Oct 27, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. 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
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
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