Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive 6 R cosponsors

SB 184 — Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.

Last action — Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced April 14, 2025. It awaits signature.

Vetoed by Governor Tony Evers (Democratic) on November 03, 2025.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a low chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 31 sponsors

    1 primary, 30 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (6 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

An Act to create 995.80 of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

26 added · 49 removed

Plain-language change summary

The revised version of Senate Bill 184 adds specific language that prohibits state agencies and local governments from restricting the use or sale of motor vehicles and other devices based on their energy sources. This means that whether a vehicle is powered by gasoline, electricity, or another energy source, its use cannot be limited by regulations at the state or local level. This change matters because it promotes broader acceptance of all types of energy vehicles and devices, potentially influencing consumer choices and industry developments in Wisconsin.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-2611/1 EVM:wlj SENATE BILL 184 April 14, 2025 - Introduced by SenatorOMCZYK , WANGGAARD , QUINN, FEYEN, N ASS and B RADLEY , cosponsored by Representatives TUCKER , GREEN , PIWOWARCZYK , BRILL, KRUG , MAXEY, B.
Date of enactment:
JACOBSON, CALLAHAN , KREIBICH, PENTERMAN , WICHGERS, OVAK , EHNKE , OEBEN , MURPHY, KNODL, NYDER , D ALLMAN, D ITTRIC, SPIROS, GUNDRUM , TUSLER, MELOTIK, TRANEL and O'CONNOR .
Senate Bill 184 Date of publication*:
Referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
WISCONSIN ACT A N A CT to create 995.80 of the statutes;
A N A CT to create 995.80 of the statutes;
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under this bill, no state agency and no local governmental unit may restrict 1) the use or sale of a motor vehicle on the basis of the energy source used to power the motor vehicle, including use for propulsion or use for powering other functions of the motor vehicle, or 2) the use or sale of any other device on the basis of the energy source that is used to power the device or that is consumed by the device.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in sen- (2) LIMITS ON REGULATION .
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
No state agency and no ate and assembly, do enact as follows:
local governmental unit may do any of the following:
995.80 Regulation based on energy source.
(a) Restrict the use or sale of a motor vehicle on the 995.80 Regulation based on energy source.
(1) D EFINITION.
(1) basis of the energy source used to power the motor vehi- D EFINITIONS .
(a) “Local governmental unit” means a political subdivision of this state, a special purpose district in this state, an agency or corporation of a political - 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-2611/1 EVM:wlj SENATE BILL 184 SECTION 1 subdivision or special purpose district, or a combination or subunit of any of the foregoing.
cle, including use for propulsion or use for powering other functions of the motor vehicle.
(b) “Motor vehicle” means a self-propelled device designed to transport persons or property from one place to another.
This paragraph (a) XLocal governmental unitY means a political does not affect any policy established by a state agency subdivision of this state, a special purpose district in this state, an agency or corporation of a political subdivision or local governmental unit related to the purchase of or special purpose district, or a combination or subunit motor vehicles for the use of the state agency or local of any of the foregoing.
(c) “State agency” means an association, authority, board, department, commission, independent agency, institution, office, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law.
governmental unit.
(2) LIMITS ON REGULATION .
(b) XMotor vehicleY means a self-propelled device (b) Restrict the use or sale of a device other than a designed to transport persons or property from one motor vehicle on the basis of the energy source that is place to another.
No state agency and no local governmental unit may do any of the following:
used to power the device or that is consumed by the de- (c) XState agencyY means an association, authority, vice.
(a) 1.
Under this paragraph, a device is powered by an board, department, commission, independent agency, energy source or consumes an energy source if any sig- institution, office, society, or other body in state govern- nificant function of the device uses that energy source or ment created or authorized to be created by the constitu- consumes that energy source to accomplish the tion or any law.
Restrict the use or sale of a motor vehicle on the basis of the energy source used to power the motor vehicle, including use for propulsion or use for powering other functions of the motor vehicle.
function.
2.
* Section 991.11, ISCONSINSTATUTES:
This paragraph does not affect any policy established by a state agency or local governmental unit related to the purchase of motor vehicles for the use of the state agency or local governmental unit.
Effective date of acts.
(b) Restrict the use or sale of a device other than a motor vehicle on the basis of the energy source that is used to power the device or that is consumed by the device.
XEvery act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the gov- ernor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.Y
Under this paragraph, a device is powered by an energy source or consumes an energy source if any significant function of the device uses that energy source or consumes that energy source to accomplish the function.
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Action History

  1. Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

  2. Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  3. Report vetoed by the Governor on 10-31-2025

  4. Presented to the Governor on 10-30-2025

  5. Report correctly enrolled

  6. LRB correction

  7. Received from Assembly concurred in

  8. Ordered immediately messaged

  9. Read a third time and concurred in

  10. Rules suspended

  11. Ordered to a third reading

  12. Read a second time

  13. Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  14. Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 9-11-2025

  15. Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor

  17. Representative Duchow added as a cosponsor

  18. Received from Senate

  19. Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 14

  21. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  22. Ordered to a third reading

  23. Read a second time

  24. Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  25. Available for scheduling

  26. Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  27. Executive action taken

  28. Public hearing held

  29. Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

  30. Introduced by Senators Tomczyk, Wanggaard, Quinn, Feyen, Nass and Bradley; cosponsored by Representatives Tucker, Green, Piwowarczyk, Brill, Krug, Maxey, B. Jacobson, Callahan, Kreibich, Penterman, Wichgers, Novak, Behnke, Goeben, Murphy, Knodl, Snyder, Dallman, Dittrich, Spiros, Gundrum, Tusler, Melotik, Tranel and O'Connor

Sponsors

  • Tucker · Cosponsor
  • Green · Cosponsor
  • Piwowarczyk · Cosponsor
  • Brill · Cosponsor
  • Krug · Cosponsor
  • Maxey · Cosponsor
  • B. Jacobson · Cosponsor
  • Callahan · Cosponsor
  • Kreibich · Cosponsor
  • Penterman · Cosponsor
  • Wichgers · Cosponsor
  • Novak · Cosponsor
  • Behnke · Cosponsor
  • Goeben · Cosponsor
  • Murphy · Cosponsor
  • Knodl · Cosponsor
  • Snyder · Cosponsor
  • Dallman · Cosponsor
  • Dittrich · Cosponsor
  • Spiros · Cosponsor
  • Gundrum · Cosponsor
  • Tusler · Cosponsor
  • Melotik · Cosponsor
  • Tranel · Cosponsor
  • O'Connor · Cosponsor
  • Julian Bradley · Cosponsor
  • Steve Nass · Cosponsor
  • Dan Feyen · Cosponsor
  • Romaine Quinn · Cosponsor
  • Van Wanggaard · Cosponsor
  • Cory Tomczyk · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 30 co-sponsors · 101 not signed on · 12 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (30)

Not signed on (101)

101 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Read a third time and passed

Passed 18 Yea · 14 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 18000
Democrat 01200
Unaffiliated 0201
Total 181401
% of votes cast 55%42%0%3%
How each member voted (33)
Member Party Vote
DASSLER-ALFHEI — Nay
HABUSH SINYKIN — Nay
JOHNSON — Not Voting
Carpenter, Tim Democrat Nay
Drake, Dora Democrat Nay
Hesselbein, Dianne Democrat Nay
Keyeski, Sarah Democrat Nay
Larson, Chris Democrat Nay
Pfaff, Brad Democrat Nay
Ratcliff, Melissa Democrat Nay
Roys, Kelda Democrat Nay
Smith, Jeff Democrat Nay
Spreitzer, Mark Democrat Nay
Wall, Jamie Democrat Nay
Wirch, Robert Democrat Nay
Bradley, Julian Republican Yea
Cabral-Guevara, Rachael Republican Yea
Felzkowski, Mary Republican Yea
Feyen, Dan Republican Yea
Hutton, Rob Republican Yea
Jacque, André Republican Yea
Jagler, John Republican Yea
James, Jesse Republican Yea
Kapenga, Chris Republican Yea
LeMahieu, Devin Republican Yea
Marklein, Howard Republican Yea
Nass, Steve Republican Yea
Quinn, Romaine Republican Yea
Stafsholt, Rob Republican Yea
Testin, Patrick Republican Yea
Tomczyk, Cory Republican Yea
Wanggaard, Van Republican Yea
Wimberger, Eric Republican Yea

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Subjects

transportation energy
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 184 do?
An Act to create 995.80 of the statutes;
Who sponsors SB 184?
SB 184 is sponsored by Tucker, Green, Piwowarczyk, Brill, Krug, Maxey, B. Jacobson, Callahan, Kreibich, Penterman, Wichgers, Novak, Behnke, Goeben, Murphy, Knodl, Snyder, Dallman, Dittrich, Spiros, Gundrum, Tusler, Melotik, Tranel, O'Connor, Bradley, Julian (Republican), Nass, Steve (Republican), Feyen, Dan (Republican), Quinn, Romaine (Republican), Wanggaard, Van (Republican), and Tomczyk, Cory (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 184?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced April 14, 2025. It awaits signature.
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