---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: construction and issuance of motor vehicle registration plates. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: construction and issuance of motor vehicle registration plates. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 429"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 429 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felzkowski", "Jagler", "Kooyenga", "L. Taylor", "Marklein", "Nass", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-06-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52748092-fc00-411f-bf88-ea4ece2217c1"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb429"
source_hash: "da1a9a27a6d440ce598d36b55517a8c6b2e30c75595030de2ab95c7b90de815b"
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 429 (2021) — Relating to: construction and issuance of motor vehicle registration plates. (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/SB429)
2. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB429-SA2)
3. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB429-SSA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Jagler — primary (person)
- Kooyenga — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, L. Taylor, Felzkowski, Jagler, Kooyenga, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Zimmerman, Dittrich, Edming, James, Kurtz, Plumer, J. Rodriguez, Spiros, Steffen, Tusler, Schraa, VanderMeer and Murphy `introduction`
- **2021-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-09-07T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-09-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2021-09-29T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-11-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard
- **2021-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2022-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Wanggaard
- **2022-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard
- **2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **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** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **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 passed, Ayes 30, Noes 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 8:13 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 95, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-10-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-11-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 163 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+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/52748092-fc00-411f-bf88-ea4ece2217c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).