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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 455
September 29, 2025 - Introduced by Senator
Wimberger
, cosponsored by Representatives
Goeben
,
Snyder
,
Murphy
,
Dittrich
,
Melotik
and
Knodl
. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
SB455,1,3
1
An Act
to amend
343.10 (5) (a) 3., 343.30 (1q) (b) 4. and 343.31 (1m) (b) of the
2
statutes;
relating to:
eligibility for an occupational license for individuals
3
with four or more convictions of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides that a person whose operating privilege has been permanently revoked for having four or more convictions of certain offenses related to drunken driving or driving under the influence of an intoxicant or other drug (OWI offenses) is eligible for an occupational license after the first 180 days of the revocation period have elapsed. The bill requires that the occupational license restrict the applicant’s operation under the occupational license to vehicles that are equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device.
Under current law, the Department of Transportation may revoke or suspend a person’s operating privilege if the person commits certain traffic offenses or crimes, including operating a vehicle while intoxicated. The period of revocation varies depending on the reason for the revocation. Courts may also order suspensions of operating privileges as part of the adjudication of an underlying criminal or traffic offense. A person whose operating privilege is suspended or revoked may apply for an occupational license, which restricts when and where the person is allowed to drive. There is a waiting period before a person is eligible for an occupational license, the length of which depends on the underlying violation.
Current law requires DOT to permanently revoke the operating privilege of a person who has committed four or more OWI offenses. A person whose operating privilege has been revoked under these circumstances is not eligible for an occupational license.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB455,1
1
Section
1
.
343.10 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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2
343.10
(5)
(a) 3. The occupational license of the applicant shall restrict the
3
applicant’s operation under the occupational license to vehicles that are equipped
4
with a functioning ignition interlock device if
the department has revoked the
5
person’s operating privilege under s. 343.31 (1m) (b) or
the court has ordered under
6
s. 343.301 (1g) that the person’s operating privilege for Class D vehicles be
7
restricted to operating vehicles that are equipped with an ignition interlock device
8
or has ordered under s. 346.65 (6) (a) 1., 1999 stats., that the motor vehicle owned by
9
the person and used in the violation or improper refusal be equipped with an
10
ignition interlock device. A person to whom a restriction under this subdivision
11
applies violates that restriction if he or she removes or disconnects an ignition
12
interlock device, requests or permits another to blow into an ignition interlock
13
device or to start a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device for the
14
purpose of providing the person an operable motor vehicle without the necessity of
15
first submitting a sample of his or her breath to analysis by the ignition interlock
16
device, or otherwise tampers with or circumvents the operation of the ignition
17
interlock device. Except as provided in s. 343.301 (3) (b), if the occupational license
18
restricts the applicant’s operation to a vehicle that is equipped with an ignition
19
interlock device, the applicant shall be liable for the reasonable costs of equipping
1
the vehicle with the ignition interlock device. This subdivision does not apply to an
2
applicant who is subject to an order under s. 343.301 (1g) (am) 2. while the
3
applicant is participating in a program designated in the order, unless he or she is
4
also subject to an order under s. 343.301 (1g) (am) 1.
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5
Section
2
.
343.30 (1q) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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6
343.30
(1q)
(b) 4. Except as provided in sub. (1r) or subd. 4m., if the number of
7
convictions under ss. 940.09 (1) and 940.25 in the person’s lifetime, plus the total
8
number of other convictions, suspensions, and revocations counted under s. 343.307
9
(1), equals 3 or more, the court shall revoke the person’s operating privilege for not
10
less than 2 years nor more than 3 years.
After
Except as provided in s. 343.31 (1m)
11
(b), after
the first 45 days of the revocation period
has
have
elapsed, the person is
12
eligible for an occupational license under s. 343.10 if he or she has completed the
13
assessment and is complying with the driver safety plan ordered under par. (c).
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14
Section
3
.
343.31 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15
343.31
(1m)
(b) Upon receiving a record of conviction under s. 940.09 (1) or
16
940.25 or conviction, suspension, or revocation counted under s. 343.307 (1) that
17
together with other records of the department show that the number of convictions
18
under ss. 940.09 (1) and 940.25 in the person’s lifetime, plus the total number of
19
other convictions, suspensions, and revocations counted under s. 343.307 (1), equals
20
4 or more, the department shall revoke the person’s operating privilege
21
permanently. This paragraph does not apply if the most recent conviction,
22
suspension, or revocation counted under this paragraph occurred more than 15
23
years after the next preceding conviction, suspension, or revocation counted under
24
this paragraph.
The
After the first 180 days of the revocation period have elapsed,
1
the
person is
not
eligible for an occupational license under s. 343.10
if he or she has
2
completed the assessment and is complying with the driver safety plan ordered
3
under s. 343.30 (1q) (c)
. After 10 years of the revocation period have elapsed, the
4
person may apply for reinstatement under s. 343.38.
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