Wisconsin 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 12 R · 1 D cosponsors

AB 481 — Relating to: motor vehicle fleet registration and making an appropriation. (FE)

Last action — Published 3-12-2022

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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced July 26, 2021. Enacted.

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  • 18 sponsors

    18 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (12 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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The amendment to Assembly Bill 481 removed a section that mentioned making an appropriation, meaning the bill no longer includes plans for specific funding related to the changes in vehicle registration. Additionally, it deleted a portion of the text that was likely intended to provide further details on the bill's provisions. This matters because without the appropriation, it may limit the state's ability to fund the changes and implement the new registration system effectively. Removing clarity or detail about the implementation could also lead to confusion in understanding how the new registration process will work.

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- 2022 LEGISLATURE LRBa0885/1 EVM:cjs ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 481 October 19, 2021 - Offered OINT COMMITTEE ONF INANC.
- 2022 LEGISLATURE LRB-2573/3 EVM:cdc ASSEMBLY BILL 481 July 26, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives AUGUST, LOUDENBECK , ORLACHER , SPIROS, WICHGERS , BROOKS, ROZAR , TEFFEN , KUGLITSCH, GUNDRUM , MURPHY , SUBECK , ITTRICH, BRANDTJEN , MURSAU , URTZ , MOSESand B ORN, cosponsored by Senators P ETROWSKI, N ASS and C OWLES .
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
1.
A N A CT to repeal 341.307;
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to amend 25.40 (1) (a) 3.
delete “and making an appropriation".
and 84.59 (2) (b);
2.
and to create341.14 (3m) and 341.147 of the statutes;
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relating to:
delete lines 2 to 8.
motor vehicle fleet registration and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under this bill, 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.
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 and must issue registration plates of a distinctive design with the word “Fleet” embossed on the plate for all of the vehicles in the fleet.
The bill also requires DOT to establish an electronic renewal system for renewals of fleet registrations, use of which is mandatory for fleet owners.
Under current law, a separate provision allows an owner of a fleet of vehicles, of a fleet size determined by DOT by rule, to register the vehicles for a three-year period.
The bill repeals this provision.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
- 2022 Legislature - 2 - LRB-2573/3 EVM:cdc ASSEMBLY BILL 481 SECTION 1 SECTION 1.
25.40 (1) (a) 3.
of the statutes is amended to read:
25.40 (1) (a) 3.
Revenues collected under ss.
341.09 (2) (d), (2m) (a) 1., (4), and (7), 341.14 (2), (2m), (6) (d), (6m) (a), (6r) (b) 2., (6w), and (8), 341.145 (3), 341.147 (3), 341.16 (1) (a) and (b), (2), (2e), and (2m), 341.17 (8), 341.19 (1), 341.25, 341.255 (1), (2) (a), (b), and (c), and (5), 341.26 (1), (2), (2m) (am) and (b), (3), (3m), (4), (5), and (7), 341.264 (1), 341.265 (1), 341.266 (2) (b) and (3), 341.268 (2) (b) and (3), 341.269 (2) (b), 341.30 (3), 341.305 (3), 341.307 (4) (a),, 341.36 (1) and (1m), 341.51 (2), and 342.14 that are pledged to any fund created under s.
84.59 (2).
SECTION 2.
84.59 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
84.59 (2) (b) The department may, under s.
18.562, deposit in a separate and distinct special fund outside the state treasury, in an account maintained by a trustee, revenues derived under ss.
341.09 (2) (d), (2m) (a) 1., (4), and (7), 341.14 (2), (2m), (6) (d), (6m) (a), (6r) (b) 2., (6w), and (8), 341.145 (3), 341.147 (3), 341.16 (1) (a) and (b), (2), (2e), and (2m), 341.17 (8), 341.19 (1), 341.25, 341.255 (1), (2) (a), (b), and (c), and (5), 341.26 (1), (2), (2m) (am) and (b), (3), (3m), (4), (5), and (7), 341.264 (1), 341.265 (1), 341.266 (2) (b) and (3), 341.268 (2) (b) and (3), 341.269 (2) (b), 341.30 (3), 341.305 (3), 341.307 (4) (a),08 (3), 341.36 (1) and (1m), 341.51 (2), and 342.14 and from any payments received with respect to agreements or ancillary arrangements entered into under s.
18.55 (6) with respect to revenue obligations issued under this section.
The revenues deposited are the trustee's revenues in accordance with the agreement between this state and the trustee or in accordance with the resolution pledging the revenues to the repayment of revenue obligations issued under this section.
Revenue obligations issued for the purposes specified in sub.
(1) and for the repayment of which revenues are deposited under this paragraph LRB-2573/3 - 2022 Legislature - 3 - EVM:cdc SECTION 2 ASSEMBLY BILL 481 are special fund obligations, as defined in s.
18.52 (7), issued for special fund programs, as defined in s.
18.52 (8).
SECTION 3.
341.14 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
341.14(3m) For vehicles registered under s.
341.147, as specified in s.
341.147.
SECTION 4.
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341.147 of the statutes is created to read:
341.147 Fleet registration plates.
(1) The owner of a fleet of 10 or more vehicles that are automobiles or motor trucks with a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds may upon application register the vehicles under this section.
(2) Upon receipt of an application and the initial registration fees, the department shall issue registration plates of a distinctive design with the word “Fleet” embossed on the plate for all of the vehicles in the fleet.
Notwithstanding s.
341.13 (1), the department may not require the placement of an annual registration decal on a registration plate under this subsection.
The department shall provide, to the extent feasible, the same registration expiration date for each vehicle in a fleet.
A vehicle may be registered as part of a fleet under this section regardless of whether, at the time of application for the initial registration of the fleet, the vehicle is currently registered with the department.
(3) A vehicle under this section shall be registered annually at the regular annual fee under s.
341.25 for the type of vehicle.
In addition to the annual registration fee, the department shall charge an initial issuance fee of $8.50 for the initial registration of each vehicle registered as part of a fleet under this section.
(4) The department shall establish a system by which the registration of a fleet of vehicles under this section may be renewed by electronic means.
A fleet owner who registers a fleet of vehicles under this section shall renew the registration of the fleet of vehicles using the system established under this subsection.
- 2022 Legislature - 4 - LRB-2573/3 EVM:cdc ASSEMBLY BILL 481 SECTION 5 SECTION 5.
341.307 of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 6.0Fiscal changes.
(1) In the schedule under s.
20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s.
20.395 (5) (cq), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $85,000 for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.
In the schedule under s.
20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of transportation under s.
20.395 (5) (cq), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $85,000 for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.
SECTION 7.0Effective date.
(1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 9th month beginning after publication.
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Action History

  1. Published 3-12-2022

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 3-11-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 178

  3. Presented to the Governor on 3-10-2022

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2022

  5. Received from Senate concurred in

  6. Ordered immediately messaged

  7. Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 0

  8. Rules suspended

  9. Ordered to a third reading

  10. Read a second time

  11. Placed on calendar 2-15-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  13. Available for scheduling

  14. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  15. Received from Assembly

  16. Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 94, Noes 0

  18. Rules suspended

  19. Ordered to a third reading

  20. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  21. Read a second time

  22. Placed on calendar 10-26-2021 by Committee on Rules

  23. Referred to committee on Rules

  24. Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  25. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

  26. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Joint Committee on Finance

  27. Executive action taken

  28. Referred to joint committee on Finance

  29. Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  30. Executive action taken

  31. Representative Knodl added as a coauthor

  32. Representative Plumer added as a coauthor

  33. Public hearing held

  34. Fiscal estimate received

  35. Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

  36. Introduced by Representatives August, Loudenbeck, Horlacher, Spiros, Wichgers, Brooks, Rozar, Steffen, Kuglitsch, Gundrum, Murphy, Subeck, Dittrich, Brandtjen, Mursau, Kurtz, Moses and Born; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Nass and Cowles

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Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (114)

114 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

CONCURRENCE

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11001
Republican 13000
Democrat 8000
Total 32001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (33)
Member Party Vote
AGARD — Yea
ROTH — Yea
BALLWEG — Yea
BERNIER — Yea
BEWLEY — Yea
STROEBEL — Yea
COWLES — Yea
DARLING — Yea
ERPENBACH — Yea
PETROWSKI — Yea
RINGHAND — Yea
KOOYENGA — Not Voting
Carpenter, Tim Democrat Yea
Johnson, LaTonya Democrat Yea
Larson, Chris Democrat Yea
Pfaff, Brad Democrat Yea
Roys, Kelda Democrat Yea
Smith, Jeff Democrat Yea
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Yea
Wirch, Robert Democrat Yea
Bradley, Julian Republican Yea
Felzkowski, Mary Republican Yea
Feyen, Dan Republican Yea
Jacque, André Republican Yea
Jagler, John Republican Yea
Kapenga, Chris Republican Yea
LeMahieu, Devin Republican Yea
Marklein, Howard Republican Yea
Nass, Steve Republican Yea
Stafsholt, Rob Republican Yea
Testin, Patrick Republican Yea
Wanggaard, Van Republican Yea
Wimberger, Eric Republican Yea

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PASSAGE

Passed 94 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 39000
Democrat 16000
Unaffiliated 39000
Total 94000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (94)
Member Party Vote
BALDEH — Yea
BOWEN — Yea
BRANDTJEN — Yea
BROSTOFF — Yea
CABRAL-GUEVA — Yea
CABRERA — Yea
CONLEY — Yea
CONSIDINE — Yea
EDMING — Yea
STEINEKE — Yea
THIESFELDT — Yea
VORPAGEL — Yea
VRUWINK — Yea
SPEAKER — Yea
GOYKE — Yea
HEBL — Yea
HINTZ — Yea
HORLACHER — Yea
KATSMA — Yea
KERKMAN — Yea
KUGLITSCH — Yea
LOUDENBECK — Yea
MACCO — Yea
MAGNAFICI — Yea
MEYERS — Yea
MILROY — Yea
MOORE OMOKUN — Yea
MYERS — Yea
OHNSTAD — Yea
OLDENBURG — Yea
PLUMER — Yea
POPE — Yea
RAMTHUN — Yea
ROZAR — Yea
SANFELIPPO — Yea
SCHRAA — Yea
SHANKLAND — Yea
SHELTON — Yea
SKOWRONSKI — Yea
Anderson, Clinton Democrat Yea
Andraca, Deb Democrat Yea
Billings, Jill Democrat Yea
Doyle, Steve Democrat Yea
Drake, Dora Democrat Yea
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Yea
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Yea
Hesselbein, Dianne Democrat Yea
Hong, Francesca Democrat Yea
McGuire, Tip Democrat Yea
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Yea
Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia Democrat Yea
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Yea
Snodgrass, Lee Democrat Yea
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Yea
Vining, Robyn Democrat Yea
Allen, Scott Republican Yea
Armstrong, David Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Behnke, Elijah Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Callahan, Calvin Republican Yea
Dallman, Alex Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Duchow, Cindi Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
James, Jesse Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Moses, Clint Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
Penterman, William Republican Yea
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Snyder, Patrick Republican Yea
Sortwell, Shae Republican Yea
Spiros, John Republican Yea
Steffen, David Republican Yea
Summerfield, Rob Republican Yea
Swearingen, Rob Republican Yea
Tittl, Paul Republican Yea
Tranel, Travis Republican Yea
Tusler, Ron Republican Yea
VanderMeer, Nancy Republican Yea
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea
Zimmerman, Shannon Republican Yea

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Who sponsors AB 481?
AB 481 is sponsored by Born, Mark (Republican), Moses, Clint (Republican), Kurtz, Tony (Republican), Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), Brandtjen, Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), Subeck, Lisa (Democrat), Murphy, David (Republican), Gundrum, Rick (Republican), Kuglitsch, Steffen, David (Republican), Rozar, Brooks, Robert (Republican), Wichgers, Chuck (Republican), Spiros, John (Republican), Horlacher, Loudenbeck, and August, Tyler (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 481?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced July 26, 2021. Enacted.
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