---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the weight limit for utility terrain vehicles."
description: "Relating to: the weight limit for utility terrain vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 269"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 269 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Felzkowski", "L. Taylor", "Marklein", "Ringhand"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bf97e95-2374-4450-9b68-467c844d69ce"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb269"
source_hash: "9d4b9add948b1916050112b5221ece20ed7d3c4c4202185557d7b020a2a7f759"
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 269 (2021) — Relating to: the weight limit for utility terrain vehicles.

## 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/SB269)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Felzkowski, Ringhand, Cowles, Marklein and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Tranel, Spreitzer, Kurtz, Tittl, Cabral-Guevara, Brooks, Magnafici, Sinicki, Oldenburg, VanderMeer, Callahan, Bowen, Sortwell, Murphy, Pronschinske, Edming, Subeck, Swearingen and Shelton `introduction`
- **2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Wichgers and Rozar added as cosponsors
- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Dallman added as a cosponsor
- **2021-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+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** 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** 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 70 `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/0bf97e95-2374-4450-9b68-467c844d69ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).