---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: traffic violations when emergency or roadside response vehicles are present and providing a penalty. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: traffic violations when emergency or roadside response vehicles are present and providing a penalty. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 297"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 297 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Brandtjen", "Cabral-Guevara", "Cabrera", "Callahan", "Conley", "Considine", "Dallman", "Dittrich", "Duchow", "James", "Kerkman", "Kitchens", "Krug", "Loudenbeck", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Novak", "Plumer", "Ramthun", "Shankland", "Shelton", "Sinicki", "Skowronski", "Snodgrass", "Spiros", "Spreitzer", "Stubbs", "Subeck", "VanderMeer", "Vruwink", "Wittke", "Zimmerman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9803dfb2-eb6e-4b68-bbf4-5e2486993087"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab297"
source_hash: "0a707153c7e06b2a7fb219535c5537cb9350d30e337aab964fa8f1b173a41177"
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 AB 297 (2021) — Relating to: traffic violations when emergency or roadside response vehicles are present 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](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/AB297)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/AB297-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Brandtjen — primary (person)
- Cabral-Guevara — primary (person)
- Cabrera — primary (person)
- Callahan — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Considine — primary (person)
- Dallman — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Kerkman — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Loudenbeck — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Plumer — primary (person)
- Ramthun — primary (person)
- Shankland — primary (person)
- Shelton — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Snodgrass — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Stubbs — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- VanderMeer — primary (person)
- Vruwink — primary (person)
- Wittke — primary (person)
- Zimmerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Loudenbeck, Novak, Plumer, Shankland, Ramthun, Spiros, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Cabrera, Callahan, Conley, Considine, Dallman, Dittrich, Duchow, James, Kerkman, Kitchens, Krug, Murphy, Mursau, Shelton, Sinicki, Skowronski, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Subeck, Stubbs, VanderMeer, Vruwink, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Ballweg, Testin, Carpenter, Larson, Marklein and Ringhand `introduction`
- **2021-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- **2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-22-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Macco and L. Myers added as coauthors
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-23-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-15T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Ballweg
- **2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-20-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in as amended `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment 1 adopted) `amendment-passage, receipt`
- **2021-10-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-21T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-26-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 concurred in
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 1-1-0001 `enrolled`
- **2021-12-02T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 12-2-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 115 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-7-2021 `became-law`
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Doyle added as a coauthor

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9803dfb2-eb6e-4b68-bbf4-5e2486993087`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).