---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: evidence of ownership for purposes of obtaining certain motor vehicle certificates of title. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: evidence of ownership for purposes of obtaining certain motor vehicle certificates of title. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 320"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 320 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bewley", "Kapenga", "L. Taylor", "Marklein", "Olsen", "Petrowski", "Ringhand"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-07-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9172327-87b5-4e74-a962-0207778f81ba"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb320"
source_hash: "e19f27f772f57b6a62412d4b71c596b79825f7e000d0b30fd661a0ffc769dbe0"
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 320 (2019) — Relating to: evidence of ownership for purposes of obtaining certain motor vehicle certificates of title. (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/SB320)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB320-SA1)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Insurance, Ayes 11, Noes 0 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bewley — primary (person)
- Kapenga — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-10T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Bewley, Kapenga, Marklein, Olsen, Ringhand and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Riemer, Doyle, Fields, Kulp, Murphy, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spiros, Stubbs and Stuck `introduction`
- **2019-07-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-25T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Bowen added as a cosponsor
- **2019-08-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-05T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-09-20T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Petrowski `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2019-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Insurance, Ayes 11, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-12-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2019-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2019-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-19-2019 by directive of the President, pursuant to Senate Rule 44m (3) `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-22-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 53 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-25T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-23-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9172327-87b5-4e74-a962-0207778f81ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).