Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: limiting the use of automatic registration plate readers.
Motor vehicle — Parking Motor vehicle — Taxation or registration
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates a ban on the use of automatic registration plate readers, which are devices that capture images from vehicle registration plates and convert the images into computer-readable data. The bill creates several exceptions to the ban, including exceptions for parking enforcement entities, controlling access to nonpublic areas, and the regulation of commercial vehicles.
Sponsors
Registered lobbying interests · 1
Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record
Full history
- Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representative Gustafson
- Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Madison added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1