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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 365

Fleet registration of certain motor vehicles. (FE)

Topics: Bus and truck, Farm and farming: Machinery, Motor vehicle: Taxation or registration, Transportation, Department of: Vehicles

Stopped before the full Senate voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jul 9, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 346. That version became law.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, an owner of a fleet of 10 or more automobiles or motor trucks with a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds may register the vehicles as a fleet. This bill allows 10 or more of any combination of the following, with some exceptions, to be registered as a fleet:

1. Motor trucks with a gross weight of between 8,001 and 54,000 pounds.

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2. Truck tractors or road tractors with a gross weight of between 4,500 and 54,000 pounds.

3. Trailers with a gross weight of not more than 80,000 pounds.

Vehicles registered as a fleet are subject to the same annual registration fee as regularly applies to the type of vehicle, plus a onetime initial issuance fee of $8.50 for each vehicle. The Department of Transportation must provide, to the extent feasible, all vehicles registered as part of a particular fleet with the same registration expiration date.

Under current law, for fleet vehicles DOT must issue registration plates of a distinctive design with the word “Fleet” embossed on the plate. The bill eliminates the requirement that the word be embossed.

The bill also eliminates a provision in current law allowing for fleet registration of a fleet of 100 or more trailers.

Who's behind it

3 senators are its ⁠. All 3 are Republicans.

14 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 17 names

Authors (3)

Signed on in support (14)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government vote on an amendment

Passed, 5 to 0 · Oct 10, 2025

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 to 0 · Oct 10, 2025

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 14, 2025 to Jan 9, 2026

    1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.

  3. Oct 10, 2025

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.

  4. Oct 10, 2025

    “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)

  5. Oct 7, 2025

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  6. Oct 7, 2025

    The committee held a public hearing.

  7. Oct 6, 2025

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  8. Jul 9, 2025

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government.

  9. Jul 9, 2025

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jul 9, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hutton, Nass and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Behnke, Dittrich, Gustafson, Joers, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Steffen and Wichgers

  2. Jul 9, 2025 · Senate

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

  3. Oct 2, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Hutton

  4. Oct 6, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 7, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 7, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor

  7. Oct 10, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Oct 10, 2025 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Oct 10, 2025 · Senate

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

  10. Oct 10, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  12. Jan 9, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  13. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    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.

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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

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

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary