---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: motor vehicle fleet registration and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: motor vehicle fleet registration and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 481"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 481 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["August", "Born", "Brandtjen", "Brooks", "Dittrich", "Gundrum", "Horlacher", "Kuglitsch", "Kurtz", "Loudenbeck", "Moses", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Rozar", "Spiros", "Steffen", "Subeck", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-07-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c0a95f3-721b-4076-a158-46ffa624bf4b"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab481"
source_hash: "46c586a630a8b202df8676001c374542f442a904385b842a6527ba9cf1fed333"
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 481 (2021) — Relating to: motor vehicle fleet registration and making an appropriation. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/AB481-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/AB481)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4 — **11–4** (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
- CONCURRENCE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 11, Noes 0 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- August — primary (person)
- Born — primary (person)
- Brandtjen — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Horlacher — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Kurtz — primary (person)
- Loudenbeck — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Rozar — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives August, Loudenbeck, Horlacher, Spiros, Wichgers, Brooks, Rozar, Steffen, Kuglitsch, Gundrum, Murphy, Subeck, Dittrich, Brandtjen, Mursau, Kurtz, Moses and Born; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Nass and Cowles `introduction`
- **2021-07-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-31T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-08-31T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-09-01T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Plumer added as a coauthor
- **2021-09-09T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Knodl added as a coauthor
- **2021-10-05T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 11, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Joint Committee on Finance
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+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** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 94, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-10-27T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2021-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-15-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2022 `enrolled`
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-10-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-11-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 178 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-12-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c0a95f3-721b-4076-a158-46ffa624bf4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).