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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 1072
February 26, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives
Tittl
and
Goeben
, cosponsored by Senator
Spreitzer
. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
AB1072,1,2
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An Act
to amend
346.70 (1) of the statutes;
relating to:
the threshold for
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reporting a motor vehicle accident causing property damage.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the operator or occupant of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in at least $1,000 of damage to property owned by a person, or to a government-owned vehicle, must notify law enforcement. This bill increases the reporting threshold to at least $2,000 of damage.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB1072,1
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Section
1
.
346.70 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1072,2,12
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346.70
(1)
Immediate notice of accident.
The operator or occupant of a
5
vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person, any
6
damage to state or other government-owned property, except a state or other
7
government-owned vehicle, to an apparent extent of $200 or more, or total damage
8
to property owned by any one person or to a state or other government-owned
1
vehicle to an apparent extent of
$1,000
$2,000
or more shall immediately by the
2
quickest means of communication give notice of such accident to the police
3
department, the sheriff’s department or the traffic department of the county or
4
municipality in which the accident occurred or to a state traffic patrol officer. In
5
this subsection, “injury” means injury to a person of a physical nature resulting in
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death or the need of first aid or attention by a physician or surgeon, whether or not
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first aid or medical or surgical treatment was actually received; “total damage to
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property owned by one person” means the sum total cost of putting the property
9
damaged in the condition it was before the accident, if repair thereof is practical,
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and if not practical, the sum total cost of replacing such property. For purposes of
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this subsection if any property which is damaged is held in a form of joint or
12
multiple ownership, the property shall be considered to be owned by one person.
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