---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: committing a fifth or sixth offense related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated and providing a penalty. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: committing a fifth or sixth offense related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated and providing a penalty. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 6 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernier", "Carpenter", "Craig", "Darling", "Kooyenga", "L. Taylor", "Marklein", "Nass"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68a12c3d-ced6-46cb-bdb0-38026685ddbf"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb6"
source_hash: "9d0a7863fb0c4bf944b50690abe45012950bf6d3e4d04abd7330d8814da73598"
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 6 (2019) — Relating to: committing a fifth or sixth offense related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated 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/SB6)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB6-SA1)
3. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB6-SA2)

## Votes

- SUPEND RULES TO TAKE UP — **59–36** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 36 — **62–36** (pass) · lower
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **88–10** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 36 — **62–36** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 36 — **62–36** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernier — primary (person)
- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Craig — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Kooyenga — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Darling, Bernier, Carpenter, Craig, Kooyenga, Marklein, Nass and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Ott, Horlacher, Quinn, Spiros and Wichgers `introduction`
- **2019-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Rohrkaste added as a cosponsor
- **2019-09-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Darling `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Darling `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from Senate message and take up, Ayes 59, Noes 36
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-11-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Spreitzer, McGuire, Neubauer, Emerson, Goyke, Brostoff, Zamarripa, Vining and Cabrera `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 36 `amendment-deferral`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives McGuire, Ohnstad, Zamarripa, Neubauer, Emerson, Crowley and Cabrera `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 36 `amendment-deferral`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Bowen, Spreitzer, Ohnstad, Neubauer, Sargent, Subeck, Zamarripa, Emerson, C. Taylor, Crowley, Cabrera and Brostoff `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 36 `amendment-deferral`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 88, Noes 10 `passage`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-26-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-28-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 106 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-29-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68a12c3d-ced6-46cb-bdb0-38026685ddbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).