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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 143
March 17, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Maxey
,
Donovan
,
Piwowarczyk
,
Rodriguez
,
Dittrich
,
Gundrum
,
Gustafson
,
B. Jacobson
,
Knodl
,
Kreibich
,
Mursau
and
Penterman
, cosponsored by Senator
Bradley
. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
AB143,1,3
1
An Act
to amend
343.45 (3) and 343.46 (4);
to create
343.45 (2m) and 343.46
2
(2m) of the statutes;
relating to:
allowing an unlicensed person to use a motor
3
vehicle and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a person who owns or is in control of a motor vehicle is prohibited from allowing another person to operate the vehicle if the vehicle operator is not authorized to operate a motor vehicle. Current law also prohibits a person from renting a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to another person who is not authorized to operate a motor vehicle. A violation of either prohibition is a forfeiture of not more than $100.
This bill increases the penalty for both violations to a fine not to exceed $1,000 for a first offense and not to exceed $10,000 for a second or subsequent offense. The bill also provides that the prohibitions apply irrespective of whether the person permitting the operation of a motor vehicle had actual knowledge of the vehicle operator’s authorization to operate a motor vehicle.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB143,1
1
Section
1
.
343.45 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB143,2,4
2
343.45
(2m)
Subsections (1) and (2) apply irrespective of whether the person
3
authorizing or permitting the operation of a motor vehicle had actual knowledge of
4
the vehicle operator’s authorization under this chapter to operate a motor vehicle.
AB143,2
5
Section
2
.
343.45 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB143,2,9
6
343.45
(3)
Except as another penalty is provided by s. 343.245 (4) (b), any
7
person violating this section
may be required to forfeit not more than $100
is subject
8
to a fine not to exceed $1,000 for a first offense and not to exceed $10,000 for a 2nd
9
or subsequent offense
.
AB143,3
10
Section
3
.
343.46 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB143,2,13
11
343.46
(2m)
Subsection (1) applies irrespective of whether the person renting
12
a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to another had actual knowledge of the
13
vehicle operator’s authorization under this chapter to operate a motor vehicle.
AB143,4
14
Section
4
.
343.46 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB143,2,17
15
343.46
(4)
Any person violating this section
may be required to forfeit not
16
more than $100
is subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 for a first offense and not to
17
exceed $10,000 for a 2nd or subsequent offense
.
AB143,5
18
Section
5
. Initial applicability.
AB143,2,20
19
(
1
)
This act first applies to a violation committed on the effective date of this
20
subsection.
AB143,2,21
21
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