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SB184 • 2025

governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device

governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Senators Tomczyk, Wanggaard, Quinn, Feyen, Nass and Bradley, cosponsored by Representatives Tucker, Green, Piwowarczyk, Brill, Krug, Maxey, B. Jacobson, Callahan, Kreibich, Penterman, Wichgers, Novak, Behnke, Goeben, Murphy, Knodl, Snyder, Dallman, Dittrich, Spiros, Gundrum, Tusler, Melotik, Tranel and O'Connor
Last action
2026-05-13
Official status
S - Veto sustained
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device

governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device Status: S - Veto sustained

What This Bill Does

  • governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device Status: S - Veto sustained

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-13 Sen.

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

  2. 2026-05-12 Sen.

    Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  3. 2025-11-03 Sen.

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 10-31-2025

  4. 2025-10-30 Sen.

    Presented to the Governor on 10-30-2025

  5. 2025-09-17 Sen.

    LRB correction

  6. 2025-09-17 Sen.

    Report correctly enrolled

  7. 2025-09-11 Asm.

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  8. 2025-09-11 Asm.

    Read a second time

  9. 2025-09-11 Asm.

    Ordered to a third reading

  10. 2025-09-11 Asm.

    Rules suspended

  11. 2025-09-11 Asm.

    Read a third time and concurred in

  12. 2025-09-11 Asm.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  13. 2025-09-11 Sen.

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  14. 2025-09-09 Asm.

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 9-11-2025

  15. 2025-07-16 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. 2025-06-24 Asm.

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor

  17. 2025-06-20 Asm.

    Representative Duchow added as a cosponsor

  18. 2025-06-19 Asm.

    Received from Senate

  19. 2025-06-18 Sen.

    Read a second time

  20. 2025-06-18 Sen.

    Ordered to a third reading

  21. 2025-06-18 Sen.

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  22. 2025-06-18 Sen.

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 14

  23. 2025-06-18 Sen.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. 2025-06-17 Sen.

    Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  25. 2025-06-05 Sen.

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government , Ayes 3, Noes 2

  26. 2025-06-05 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  27. 2025-06-04 Sen.

    Executive action taken

  28. 2025-05-27 Sen.

    Public hearing held

  29. 2025-04-14 Sen.

    Introduced by Senators Tomczyk , Wanggaard , Quinn , Feyen , Nass and Bradley ; cosponsored by Representatives Tucker , Green , Piwowarczyk , Brill , Krug , Maxey , B. Jacobson , Callahan , Kreibich , Penterman , Wichgers , Novak , Behnke , Goeben , Murphy , Knodl , Snyder , Dallman , Dittrich , Spiros , Gundrum , Tusler , Melotik , Tranel and O'Connor

  30. 2025-04-14 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

Official Summary Text

governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device
Status: S - Veto sustained

Current Bill Text

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Wisconsin Legislature: SB184: Text as Enrolled

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2025 Senate Bill 184

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2025 WISCONSIN ACT
An Act

to create
995.80 of the statutes;
relating to:
governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB184,1
Section

1
.
995.80 of the statutes is created to read:
995.80

Regulation based on energy source.

(1)

Definitions.
In this section:
(a) “Local governmental unit” means a political subdivision of this state, a special purpose district in this state, an agency or corporation of a political subdivision or special purpose district, or a combination or subunit of any of the foregoing.
(b) “Motor vehicle” means a self-propelled device designed to transport persons or property from one place to another.
(c) “State agency” means an association, authority, board, department, commission, independent agency, institution, office, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law.
(2)

Limits on regulation.
No state agency and no local governmental unit may do any of the following:
(a) Restrict the use or sale of a motor vehicle on the basis of the energy source used to power the motor vehicle, including use for propulsion or use for powering other functions of the motor vehicle. This paragraph does not affect any policy established by a state agency or local governmental unit related to the purchase of motor vehicles for the use of the state agency or local governmental unit.
(b) Restrict the use or sale of a device other than a motor vehicle on the basis of the energy source that is used to power the device or that is consumed by the device. Under this paragraph, a device is powered by an energy source or consumes an energy source if any significant function of the device uses that energy source or consumes that energy source to accomplish the function.

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