SB 467 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: local wheel tax referenda. (FE)

SB 467 requires municipalities and counties to hold voter referendums before imposing or continuing local annual registration fees on motor vehicles kept within their boundaries. The bill mandates that new fees must be approved by a majority of voters in a regular election, with the referendum question specifying the fee amount. For existing fees implemented before the law's effective date, a referendum must be held within 18 months, allowing voters to decide whether to continue the fee. This directly affects local governments seeking to collect such fees and vehicle owners in those jurisdictions.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2026
Senate Passage
Jan 2026
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Oct 2, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Amendments
3
Mar 23, 2026
Amended
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
lower
Jan 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 15
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Committee
Referred to joint committee on Finance
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Introduced
Point of order that Senate Amendment 1 was not germane well taken
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Introduced
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Wall, Carpenter, Ratcliff, Keyeski, Pfaff, Habush Sinykin, Dassler-Alfheim and Larson
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2
upper
Oct 2, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Senators Hutton, Cabral-Guevara, Jacque, Kapenga and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Maxey, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Mursau, Piwowarczyk and Wichgers
upper
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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