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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 626
November 7, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Bare
,
Anderson
,
Clancy
,
DeSmidt
,
Fitzgerald
,
Johnson
,
Madison
,
Miresse
,
Prado
,
Roe
,
Sheehan
,
Stubbs
,
Tenorio
and
Udell
, cosponsored by Senators
Roys
,
Carpenter
,
Hesselbein
,
L. Johnson
,
Larson
,
Ratcliff
and
Spreitzer
. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AB626,1,3
1
An Act
to amend
343.18 (1) and 343.50 (5m);
to create
343.17 (7), 343.21 (1)
2
(Lm), 343.50 (5) (a) 1m. and 343.50 (7m) of the statutes;
relating to:
3
electronic copies of operators’ licenses and identification cards.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill allows the Department of Transportation to issue a copy of an operator’s license or identification card in an electronic format to the person to whom the operator’s license or identification card is issued.
Under current law, a licensee must have his or her license document in his or her immediate possession when operating a motor vehicle and must display the license document upon demand from a traffic officer. Under this bill, the license document may be produced in either printed or electronic format.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB626,1
4
Section
1
.
343.17 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB626,2,2
5
343.17
(7)
Electronic copy.
The department may issue a copy of an
1
operator’s license in an electronic format to the person to whom the operator’s
2
license is issued.
AB626,2
3
Section
2
.
343.18 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB626,2,13
4
343.18
(1)
Every licensee shall have his or her license document in his or her
5
immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display
6
the license document upon demand from any judge, justice, or traffic officer.
The
7
license document required under this subsection may be displayed in either printed
8
or electronic format, including by display of electronic images on a cellular
9
telephone or other electronic device. If the license document is displayed in
10
electronic format on any cellular telephone or other electronic device, the traffic
11
officer may not view, and displaying a license document in electronic format is not
12
considered consent for the traffic officer to view, any content on the telephone or
13
other device except the license document required under this subsection.
AB626,3
14
Section
3
.
343.21 (1) (Lm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB626,2,16
15
343.21
(1)
(Lm) For the issuance of a copy of an operator’s license in an
16
electronic format under s. 343.17 (7), $10.
AB626,4
17
Section
4
.
343.50 (5) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB626,2,19
18
343.50
(5)
(a) 1m. The department shall charge a fee of $10 for the issuance of
19
a copy of an identification card in an electronic format under sub. (7m).
AB626,5
20
Section
5
.
343.50 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB626,3,4
21
343.50
(5m)
Card issuance fee.
In addition to any other fee under this
22
section, for the issuance of an original identification card or duplicate identification
23
card
, except the issuance of a copy of an identification card in an electronic format
1
under sub. (7m),
or for the renewal or reinstatement of an identification card after
2
cancellation under sub. (10), a card issuance fee of $10 shall be paid to the
3
department. The fee under this subsection does not apply to an applicant if the
4
department may not charge the applicant a fee under sub. (5) (a) 2. or 3. or (7).
AB626,6
5
Section
6
.
343.50 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB626,3,8
6
343.50
(7m)
Electronic copy.
The department may issue a copy of an
7
identification card in an electronic format to the person to whom the identification
8
card is issued.
AB626,3,9
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