Relating to: indicia of registration for electric vehicles. (FE)
This bill would require owners of hybrid and nonhybrid electric vehicles in Wisconsin to display specific decals on their license plates to indicate the vehicle type. The legislation allows the Department of Transportation to issue new registration plates with "EV" markings instead, which would exempt those vehicles from the decal requirement. Although the bill passed the legislature, it was vetoed by the Governor and did not become law.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Assembly Passage
Feb 2024
Vetoed
Mar 2024
Introduced Nov 7, 2023
Vetoed Mar 29, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Mar 29, 2024
Vetoed
Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-29-2024
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Committee
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and passed
upper
Feb 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2
upper
Nov 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced by Senators James, Testin, Ballweg, Cabral-Guevara, Cowles and Marklein;
cosponsored by Representatives Pronschinske, Dittrich, Duchow, Emerson, Goeben, S. Johnson, Michalski, Moses, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman and Schmidt
upper
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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