---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: penalties for reckless driving and providing a penalty. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: penalties for reckless driving and providing a penalty. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 55"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 55 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Baldeh", "Binsfeld", "Donovan", "Duchow", "Gundrum", "Knodl", "Kurtz", "Maxey", "Murphy", "Myers", "Nedweski", "Novak", "O'Connor", "Ortiz-Velez", "Rettinger", "S. Johnson", "Steffen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05c77c2b-dfef-4d3b-8ebf-102d13f08d11"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab55"
source_hash: "4633e4c60dd115a7629abe6a9e0f68416cbe5bb1de5ee275ea69dc5b3e561fa1"
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 55 (2023) — Relating to: penalties for reckless driving and providing a penalty. (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/2023/REG/AB55)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1 — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **85–12** (pass) · lower
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 2 — **13–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Baldeh — primary (person)
- Binsfeld — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kurtz — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Myers — primary (person)
- Nedweski — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
- Rettinger — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Donovan, Knodl, Allen, Baldeh, Binsfeld, Duchow, Gundrum, S. Johnson, Kurtz, Maxey, Murphy, Myers, Nedweski, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Rettinger and Steffen; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, L. Johnson, Jacque, Nass and Taylor `introduction`
- **2023-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Testin added as a cosponsor
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Schraa added as a coauthor
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Brandtjen added as a coauthor
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-22-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Hutton added as a cosponsor
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 85, Noes 12 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 4-19-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 30, Noes 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 4-20-2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 5-4-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 5-10-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 9 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Published 5-11-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05c77c2b-dfef-4d3b-8ebf-102d13f08d11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).