---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: motor vehicle instruction permit and probationary license eligibility and duration. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: motor vehicle instruction permit and probationary license eligibility and duration. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 15 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernier", "L. Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd208473-5623-4176-87fb-ca5cbfe7d4b9"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb15"
source_hash: "4408ecba7b62b1a4cd7a8821cca895142ef82222e64c642add3688aa383dd1fe"
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 15 (2021) — Relating to: motor vehicle instruction permit and probationary license eligibility and duration. (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/SB15)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB15-SA1)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bernier — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Bernier and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Pronschinske, James, Petryk, Edming, Gundrum, Knodl, Moses, Mursau, Plumer, Ramthun, Skowronski and Sortwell `introduction`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor
- **2021-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Bernier
- **2021-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 4-14-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and 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** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **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 concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
- **2021-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-07-06T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 7-6-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 7-8-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 64 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 7-9-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd208473-5623-4176-87fb-ca5cbfe7d4b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).