---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the operation of electric scooters on highways, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: the operation of electric scooters on highways, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 152"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 152 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carpenter", "Cowles", "Kooyenga", "Larson", "Stroebel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d48d610-36f3-482f-b7e2-435734a5cc73"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb152"
source_hash: "55457d76ff15e0a76dd0c5f695d1bcdd256c87fe4c5e63983e3e7e0626709baf"
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 152 (2019) — Relating to: the operation of electric scooters on highways, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

## 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/2019/REG/SB152)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB152-SA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Kooyenga — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Cowles, Carpenter, Larson and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Kuglitsch, Duchow, Brandtjen, Kitchens, Myers, Neylon, Ramthun, Sanfelippo and Sinicki `introduction`
- **2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-20T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kooyenga `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-20T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Kooyenga `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senator L. Taylor added as a coauthor
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2019-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Fields added as a cosponsor
- **2019-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-20-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2019-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2019-07-03T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 7-3-2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 7-8-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 11 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 7-9-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d48d610-36f3-482f-b7e2-435734a5cc73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).