Wisconsin 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: To Executive 2 R cosponsors

SB 4 — Relating to: motor vehicle immobilization devices. (FE)

Last action — Published 5-4-2019

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

54 added · 17 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Bill SB 4 changes the definition of "immobilization device" to include not only devices that lock around a wheel but also devices that can be placed on the front windshield to obstruct the driver's view. This broadens the options for how vehicles can be immobilized. It matters because it allows municipalities and counties more flexibility in how they manage unregistered vehicles, potentially leading to improved enforcement and safety on the roads.

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- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBa0069/1 ZDW:kjf SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 4 February 25, 2019 - Offered by SenatorRAIG.
- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRB-0477/1 ZDW:amn SENATE BILL 4 January 23, 2019 - Introduced by Senators OWLES , TROEBEL, OLSEN, MARKLEIN and W ANGGAARD, cosponsored by Representatives S PIROS, KULP, Q UINN, STEFFEN, TITTL, HORLACHER, ZIMMERMAN , PLUMER and M URPHY.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection.
1.
A N A CT to repeal 341.65 (1) (a) and 349.139 (1) (b);
Page 1, line 4:
to amend 341.65 (2) (b);
delete that line and substitute:
and to create 341.65 (2) (c) of the statutes;
“SECTION 1g.
relating to:
341.65 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 341.65 (1) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
motor vehicle immobilization devices.
341.65 (1) (a) (intro.) “Immobilization device" means a device or mechanism which that immobilizes a motor vehicle by locking doing any of the following:
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, any municipality or county may enact ordinances prohibiting any unregistered motor vehicle from being located upon a highway and governing the immobilization, removal, and disposal of unregistered motor vehicles.
1.
Current law defines “immobilization device" as a device or mechanism that immobilizes a motor vehicle by locking around a wheel, thereby making the motor vehicle inoperable.
Locking around a wheel, thereby making the motor vehicle inoperable.
This bill applies a definition of “immobilization device" that does not contain a reference to a device being locked around a wheel.
SECTION 1r.
The bill also authorizes a county, municipality, or university to enter into a contract with a person that authorizes the person to immobilize motor vehicles.
341.65 (1) (a) 2.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
of the statutes is created to read:
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
341.65 (1) (a) 2.
S ECTION 1.
Being placed upon the front windshield to obstruct the driver's view through the windshield.”.
341.65 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
2.
- 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-0477/1 ZDW:amn SENATE BILL 4 SECTION 2 SECTION 2.
Page 2, line 22:
341.65 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
delete that line.
341.65(2) (b) Any municipal or university police officer, sheriff's deputy, county traffic patrolman, state traffic officer, conservation warden, or parking enforcer, or other person authorized under par.
(c) who discovers any unregistered motor vehicle located upon any highway may cause the motor vehicle to be immobilized with an immobilization device or removed to a suitable place of impoundment.
Upon immobilization or removal of the motor vehicle, the officer, warden, orng enforcer, or authorized person shall notify the sheriff or chief of police of the location of the immobilized or impounded motor vehicle and the reason for the immobilization or impoundment.
Upon causing the removal of the motor vehicle by a towing service, the officer, warden, or parking enforcer, or authorized person shall, within 24 hours of ordering the removal, notify the towing service of the name and last-known address of the registered owner and all lienholders of record of the vehicle, unless the officer or parking enforcer is employed by a municipality or county that has entered into a towing services agreement which requires the municipality or county to provide notice to such owner and lienholders of the towing.
SECTION 3.
341.65 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
341.65 (2) (c) A county, municipality, or university may enter into a contract with a person that authorizes the person to conduct placement and removal of immobilization devices as provided in par.
(b).
A contract entered into under this paragraph may allow for remote unlocking and removal of an immobilization device.
SECTION 4.
349.139 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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Action History

  1. Published 5-4-2019

  2. Deposited in the office of the Secretary of State pursuant to article V, s.10 of the Wisconsin Constitution and s.35.095 of the Wisconsin Statutes on 5-6-2019. Wisconsin Act 5

  3. Received from Governor without signature or veto on 5-3-2019

  4. Presented to the Governor on 4-25-2019

  5. Report correctly enrolled

  6. Received from Assembly concurred in

  7. Ordered immediately messaged

  8. Read a third time and concurred in

  9. Rules suspended

  10. Ordered to a third reading

  11. Read a second time

  12. Rules suspended and taken up

  13. Read

  14. Received from Senate

  15. Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Read a third time and passed

  17. Rules suspended

  18. Ordered to a third reading

  19. Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  20. Read a second time

  21. Placed on calendar 4-9-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  22. Available for scheduling

  23. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  24. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  25. Executive action taken

  26. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Craig

  27. Public hearing held

  28. Fiscal estimate received

  29. Representative Tusler added as a cosponsor

  30. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection

  31. Introduced by Senators Cowles, Stroebel, Olsen, Marklein and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Kulp, Quinn, Steffen, Tittl, Horlacher, Zimmerman, Plumer and Murphy

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 4?
SB 4 is sponsored by Cowles, Stroebel, Olsen, Marklein, Howard (Republican), and Wanggaard, Van (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 4?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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