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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 66

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Relating to: registration plate concealment devices and providing a penalty.

Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Motor vehicle — Taxation or registration Transportation department of — Vehicles

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, any motor vehicle for which the Department of Transportation has issued registration plates must display those plates, along with any decals issued for the plates.

This bill prohibits the possession, sale, purchase, installation, and use of a registration plate concealment device, which is a manual, electronic, or mechanical device designed or adapted to be installed on a motor vehicle to 1) switch between two or more registration plates; 2) move, obstruct, or conceal a registration plate; or 3) alter the appearance of a registration plate so that the registration number cannot be seen and read. The bill also prohibits the equipment of any motor vehicle with a registration plate concealment device.

A person who violates these prohibitions may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both. Any vehicle equipped in violation of these prohibitions may be impounded, and reasonable costs for towing and impounding the vehicle may be assessed against the owner.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Feyen (R) , James (R) , Wanggaard (R)

25 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Brown (D) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Emerson (D) , Goeben (R) , Gundrum (R) , Hysell (D) , Kaufert (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Penterman (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Sinicki (D) , Spiros (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Wichgers (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 4

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3

Passed 5–3 Apr 15, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

Passed 18–15 Apr 22, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 31–2 Apr 22, 2025 official source full page

Nay · 2

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 51, Noes 45

Passed 51–45 Oct 14, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 21, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Feyen and James; cosponsored by Representatives Donovan, Rodriguez, Behnke, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Hysell, Kitchens, Knodl, Miresse, Maxey, Nedweski, Mursau, Murphy, Penterman, Sinicki, Spiros, Subeck and Wichgers

  2. Feb 21, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Feb 25, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Kaufert added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 13, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 15, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Apr 15, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  7. Apr 15, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Apr 18, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-22-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Apr 22, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  10. Apr 22, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Apr 22, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  12. Apr 22, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 31, Noes 2

  13. Apr 22, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Apr 22, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Apr 22, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Roys, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, L. Johnson, Smith and Wirch

  16. Apr 22, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  17. May 27, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  18. Oct 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor

  19. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 by Committee on Rules

  20. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  21. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Miresse withdrawn as a cosponsor

  22. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor

  23. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  24. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Arney

  25. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 51, Noes 45

  26. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  28. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  29. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Oct 15, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  31. Oct 15, 2025 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  32. Oct 30, 2025 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 10-30-2025

  33. Nov 3, 2025 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 10-31-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 37

  34. Nov 3, 2025 · Senate

    Published 11-1-2025

  35. Mar 6, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  36. Mar 10, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  37. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  38. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor