Senate Bill 700
Fees for snowmobile registration and trail use stickers. (FE)
Topics: Recreation vehicle, Snowmobile
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.
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Introduced, passed
Dec 2, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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Assembly 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 ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 704. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill increases the fees for snowmobile registration and trail use stickers. The bill increases the fee for a snowmobile public use registration certificate from $30 to $45. The bill increases fees for a snowmobile trail use sticker as follows:
1. For a snowmobile registered in-state, from $29.25 to $49.25.
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2. For a snowmobile registered in-state but owned by a person who is both a member of a snowmobile club and a member of the Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs, from $9.25 to $19.25.
3. For a snowmobile registered out-of-state, from $49.25 to $69.25.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 4 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
26 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (26)
- Brent Jacobson · Republican, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Lindee Brill · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- Alex Dallman · Republican, Assembly
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Treig Pronschinske · Republican, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Summerfield · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
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 3 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 13, 2026
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Joint Committee on Finance vote on an amendment
Passed, 15 to 0 · Feb 3, 2026
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 Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it
Passed, 15 to 0 · Feb 3, 2026
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 Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 19, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 3, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.
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Feb 3, 2026
“Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Jan 30, 2026
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Jan 13, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Jan 7, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 6, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 6, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 8, 2025 to Jan 5, 2026
2 more representatives and 4 senators signed on in support.
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Dec 2, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
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Dec 2, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 2, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Tomczyk, Feyen, Marklein, Pfaff and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Green, Brill, Brooks, Dallman, Doyle, B. Jacobson, Joers, Kitchens, Kreibich, McCarville, Melotik, Mursau, O'Connor, Sheehan, Summerfield, Swearingen, VanderMeer and Roe
- Dec 2, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Dec 8, 2025 · Senate
Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor
- Dec 9, 2025 · Senate
Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor
- Dec 12, 2025 · Senate
Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
- Dec 16, 2025 · Senate
Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a coauthor
- Dec 18, 2025 · Senate
Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor
- Jan 5, 2026 · Senate
Representative Callahan added as a cosponsor
- Jan 6, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 6, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jan 7, 2026 · Senate
Representative Pronschinske added as a cosponsor
- Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Jan 15, 2026 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Tomczyk
- Jan 30, 2026 · Senate
Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- 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.
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote