---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: registration periods for certain motor vehicles and reuse of registration plates. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: registration periods for certain motor vehicles and reuse of registration plates. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 888"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 888 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Erpenbach", "Marklein", "Petrowski", "Ringhand", "Smith", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32d7014e-7cfd-43aa-9dd1-f508cd7e15dd"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb888"
source_hash: "2bd57d249d03d8f99561d5d4d253fbf676bc0addca1e14c756fb70e8b51db1bf"
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 888 (2021) — Relating to: registration periods for certain motor vehicles and reuse of 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/SB888)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Erpenbach — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Erpenbach, Cowles, Marklein, Ringhand, Smith and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Armstrong, Considine, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Pope, Wichgers and Wittke `introduction`
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Ballweg added as a coauthor
- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Hesselbein added as a cosponsor
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+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 9:09 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor
- **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 `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`
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-3-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-4-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 154 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-5-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32d7014e-7cfd-43aa-9dd1-f508cd7e15dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).