Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.
Energy conservation Motor vehicle Municipality Municipality — Elections Sales State agencies
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, no state agency and no local governmental unit may restrict 1) the use or sale of a motor vehicle on the basis of the energy source used to power the motor vehicle, including use for propulsion or use for powering other functions of the motor vehicle, or 2) the use or sale of any other device on the basis of the energy source that is used to power the device or that is consumed by the device.
Sponsors
Introduced by: B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Callahan (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Krug (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Murphy (R) , Novak (R) , Penterman (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Snyder (R) , Spiros (R) , Tranel (R) , Tucker (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)
Registered lobbying interests · 14
Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record
- ABATE of Wisconsin
- Alliance of Health Insurers, U.A.
- American Lung Association, dba American Lung Association in Wisconsin
- American Petroleum Institute
- GROWMARK, Inc.
- National Federation of Independent Business
- Sierra Club Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Agri-Business Association
- Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association, Inc.
- Wisconsin BioFuels Association
- Wisconsin Conservation Voters
- Wisconsin Fuel & Retail Association (WFRA)
- Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
- Wisconsin Propane Gas Association Inc
Full history
- Feb 28, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Tucker, Green, Piwowarczyk, Brill, Krug, Tranel, Maxey, B. Jacobson, Callahan, Kreibich, Penterman, Wichgers, Novak, Behnke, Goeben, Murphy, Knodl, Snyder, Dallman, Dittrich, Spiros, Gundrum, Tusler and Melotik; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Wanggaard, Quinn, Feyen, Nass and Bradley
- Feb 28, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1