---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: court proceedings for traffic violations."
description: "Relating to: court proceedings for traffic violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 9 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feyen", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef28e87f-d402-44a7-8621-294dfeb86c28"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb9"
source_hash: "ed5d75f5a63eb2f8ca9ca9aa657a9b99780182efd280dea23d465f67e4e3035e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin SB 9 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: court proceedings for traffic violations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/SB9)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 0 — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 3 — **6–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Feyen — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Wanggaard and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Allen, Ballweg, Edming, Mursau, Spiros, Steffen, Tusler, Wichgers and E. Brooks `introduction`
- **2017-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- **2017-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senator L. Taylor added as a coauthor
- **2017-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-8-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-05-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-21-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-08-01T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 8-1-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 8-2-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 40 `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-02T05:00:00+00:00** Published 8-3-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef28e87f-d402-44a7-8621-294dfeb86c28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).