Bills by subject

Motor vehicle: Regulation

77 bills and resolutions. 22 became law and 19 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 29 Impoundment of vehicles used in certain traffic offenses.
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 332 Requiring vehicles to stop for pedestrians at certain intersections and crosswalks.
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 371 The use of speed safety camera systems and traffic control photographic systems in a first class city and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 561 Owner liability for illegally passing a school bus and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 655 Installation of a speed limiter for repeated reckless driving violations, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 14

Mar 23, 2026
AB 29: Impoundment of vehicles used in certain traffic offenses.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 19, 2026
AB 78: Impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 332: Requiring vehicles to stop for pedestrians at certain intersections and crosswalks.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 371: The use of speed safety camera systems and traffic control photographic systems in a first class city and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Dec 10, 2025
AB 409: Passing certain vehicles stopped on or near a highway and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 561: Owner liability for illegally passing a school bus and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 655: Installation of a speed limiter for repeated reckless driving violations, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 6: Impoundment of vehicles used in certain traffic offenses.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 65: Impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 345: Requiring vehicles to stop for pedestrians at certain intersections and crosswalks.
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2026
SB 375: The use of speed safety camera systems and traffic control photographic systems in a first class city and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 409: Passing certain vehicles stopped on or near a highway and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 508: Owner liability for illegally passing a school bus and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 659: Installation of a speed limiter for repeated reckless driving violations, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 22

Mar 23, 2012
AB 18: Collection and analysis of motor vehicle traffic stop information and law enforcement training standards.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 5, 2012
AB 55: Vehicle failure-to-yield violations.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 206: Inattentive driving and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Nov 21, 2011
AB 265: The definition of bicycle; manual turn signals for bicyclists; lighting of bicycles, motor bicycles, and electric personal assistive mobility devices; overtaking and passing vehicles; the operation of bicycles equipped with metal-studded tires; and moped parking.
Became law.
Dec 12, 2011
AB 274: Requiring motorists to yield to railroad track equipment trains at railroad crossings and requiring a railroad to maintain its right-of-way.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 278: A sales and use tax exemption for extended-range electric vehicles; a property tax exemption for tangible personal property used to recharge electric vehicles; the motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program and payments to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation related to extended-range electric vehicles; a property and sales and use tax exemption for certain machinery and tangible personal property used to conduct research; and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 30, 2012
AB 291: Restrictions on the operation of motor vehicles by persons holding instruction permits or probationary licenses and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 323: Placing, possessing, or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a vehicle or in or on a motorboat.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 516: Disqualification of commercial motor vehicle operators.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 569: The immobilization or removal, impoundment, and disposal of motor vehicles for multiple nonmoving traffic violations.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Mar 23, 2012
AB 610: Authorizing local governments to appoint traffic control attendants.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 705: Use of hand-held mobile telephones while driving and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Jun 24, 2011
SB 15: Collection and analysis of motor vehicle traffic stop information and law enforcement training standards.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 200: Requiring motorists to yield to railroad track equipment trains at railroad crossings and requiring a railroad to maintain its right-of-way.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Nov 7, 2011
SB 228: Placing, possessing, or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a vehicle or in or on a motorboat.
Became law.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 341: Open doors on authorized emergency vehicles.
Became law.
Apr 10, 2012
SB 423: Disqualification of commercial motor vehicle operators.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 431: Traffic violations resulting in harm to vulnerable highway users and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 439: Authorizing local governments to appoint traffic control attendants to direct traffic at or near special events and vehicle owner liability for failure to follow directions of traffic control attendants.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 447: The use of a cellular or other wireless telephone by a probationary licensee or instruction permittee while driving a motor vehicle and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 458: Authorizing local governments to appoint traffic control attendants for special events.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 521: The immobilization or removal, impoundment, and disposal of motor vehicles for multiple nonmoving traffic violations.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 41

Apr 28, 2010
AB 59: Passing parked motor vehicles and opening motor vehicle doors on highways and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 96: Operating a motor vehicle after revocation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 157: Vehicle stops at railroad crossings.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 183: The immobilization or removal, impoundment, and disposal of motor vehicles for multiple nonmoving traffic violations.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Oct 9, 2009
AB 308: Police escorts and vehicle rights-of-way related to escorted vehicles and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 341: Driving a motor vehicle while using a cellular telephone or other wireless telecommunications device and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Feb 22, 2010
AB 348: The applicability of rules of the road to private roads located in manufactured and mobile home communities.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 351: The duty to stop at the scene of, and to report, a motor vehicle accident.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 352: Vehicle owner liability for a vehicle's failure to stop as required for a school bus.
Stopped in committee.

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