Transportation, Department of: Vehicles
168 bills and resolutions. 58 became law, 1 was vetoed, and 43 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.
- SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
- SB 136 School bus back-up lamps.
Became law. Last action Apr 9, 2026
- SB 248 License eligibility and restriction extensions relating to ignition interlock devices.
Became law. Last action Apr 9, 2026
- AB 425 Registration of trailers used for transporting manufactured housing units. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 2, 2026
- AB 679 Weight limits for vehicles transporting grain, feed, or commercial fertilizer. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 2, 2026
Every bill on this subject
2025–26 session: 32
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 28: Special registration plates with white lettering on a black background. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 77: Registration plate concealment devices and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Jan 8, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 393: School bus operation by drivers over 70 and drivers with medical conditions.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Apr 2, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 434: Local traffic calming grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 626: Electronic copies of operators’ licenses and identification cards. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
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- Apr 2, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 848: Operation of autonomous vehicles on highways and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1042: Driving skills tests for certain drivers. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1230: Qualified applicants for buyer identification cards. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 9: Special registration plates with white lettering on a black background. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- May 13, 2026
- Mar 19, 2026
- Apr 9, 2026 SB 136: School bus back-up lamps.
Became law.
- Apr 9, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 365: Fleet registration of certain motor vehicles. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 393: School bus operation by drivers over 70 and drivers with medical conditions.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 426: Registration of trailers used for transporting manufactured housing units. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 433: Local traffic calming grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 619: Electronic copies of operators’ licenses and identification cards. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 722: Weight limits for vehicles transporting grain, feed, or commercial fertilizer. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 831: Operation of autonomous vehicles on highways and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 1022: Driving skills tests for certain drivers. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 1173: Qualified applicants for buyer identification cards. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
2011–12 session: 64
- Aug 2, 2012
- Apr 5, 2012 AB 55: Vehicle failure-to-yield violations.
Became law.
- Dec 20, 2011
- Dec 12, 2011
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 88: Multiple trip permits for overweight vehicles transporting granular roofing material.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Nov 14, 2011
- Nov 14, 2011
- Nov 14, 2011
- Nov 14, 2011
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- Nov 14, 2011
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 292: Indication of veteran status on an operator's license or identification card.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Dec 12, 2011
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 304: Trailer or semitrailer registration.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 305: Permits for overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting sealed containers or vehicles in international trade.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 306: Annual or consecutive month permits for certain overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting agricultural products.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 307: Suspension of operating privilege or registration for unsatisfied judgment for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 388: Overweight permits for vehicles transporting raw forest products.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 410: Sobriety checkpoints and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 453: Registration and operation of all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 501: Seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting manure.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 517: The length of vehicles that may be operated on a highway and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 580: Registration of motor vehicles by the Department of Transportation.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 594: Vehicles registered as historic military vehicles.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 10, 2012
- Apr 26, 2012 AB 698: Limitations on the use of an occupational license.
Stopped in committee.
- May 1, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- May 26, 2011
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 181: Annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles transporting overheight loads of hay or straw.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 189: The maximum permissible length of vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials on highways.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 190: The maximum permissible length of single vehicles operated on a highway without an overlength permit.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 194: Operating certain three-vehicle combinations on the highways.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 195: Seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 211: Registration plates for dealers, distributors, manufacturers, and transporters of motor vehicles.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Nov 11, 2011 SB 215: Trailer or semitrailer registration.
Became law.
- Dec 12, 2011
- Nov 11, 2011
- Nov 11, 2011
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 261: Operating certain three-vehicle combinations on highways.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 5, 2012
- Mar 1, 2012
- Apr 10, 2012
- Apr 5, 2012
- Apr 10, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Apr 16, 2012
- Apr 10, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 434: Operation of farm tractors on highways.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Apr 10, 2012
- Apr 10, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 520: Vehicles registered as historic military vehicles.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
2009–10 session: 72
- May 17, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 48: Special distinguishing registration plates for groups that are military in nature and making an appropriation.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 49: Special distinguishing registration plates for motorcycles owned by veterans.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 61: Motor vehicle operating privilege suspensions for controlled substance violations.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- May 26, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 76: Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish rules allowing living will and health care power of attorney information to be included on driver's licenses, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 137: The issuance of motor vehicle operator's licenses and identification cards by the Department of Transportation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 151: Drunk driving penalties, consumption reports, and intoxicated driver deterrence.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 156: Reimbursement to counties by prisoners and increasing drunk driving penalties.
Stopped in committee.
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- Feb 9, 2010
- Feb 9, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Mar 19, 2010
- May 26, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 283: Operating a vehicle while intoxicated, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Mar 16, 2010
- Feb 16, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 465: Special distinguishing registration plates associated with the Lions Clubs of Wisconsin and making an appropriation.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Mar 19, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 589: Registration of former military vehicles.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 5, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 623: Seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 666: Special distinguishing registration plates supporting motorcycle safety and making appropriations.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 718: Operation of low-speed vehicles on highways and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 719: Motor vehicle emission inspections and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 761: Annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting loads near the Wisconsin-Michigan border.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- May 10, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 962: Trailer or semitrailer registration.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 26, 2010
- Apr 17, 2009
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 53: Extending the employer notification program administered by the Department of Transportation to noncommercial motor vehicle drivers.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 133: Operating a motor vehicle while suspended, revoked, or disqualified.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Feb 16, 2010
- May 10, 2010
- May 14, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 387: Special distinguishing registration plates associated with Marquette University.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- May 10, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 404: Registration of former military vehicles.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 428: Seasonal weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 19, 2010
- May 10, 2010
- May 10, 2010
- May 10, 2010
- May 10, 2010
- May 10, 2010
- May 10, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- May 10, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- May 10, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 562: Weight limitations for vehicles transporting raw forest products.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- May 10, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
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