---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: operation of an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle owned by an electric cooperative on a highway."
description: "Relating to: operation of an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle owned by an electric cooperative on a highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 109"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 109 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Felzkowski", "Jacque", "James", "Marklein", "Nass", "Pfaff", "Quinn", "Spreitzer", "Testin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf8ea975-1320-45bd-91d1-c8f78b1e7a62"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb109"
source_hash: "ce632b11049ca0836f41926f76bdd9f5c056a6628fb79b0b9f2cceb843be5e3b"
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 109 (2023) — Relating to: operation of an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle owned by an electric cooperative on a highway.

## 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/SB109)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB109-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
- CONCURRENCE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Pfaff — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Quinn, Cowles, Felzkowski, Jacque, James, Marklein, Nass, Pfaff, Spreitzer and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Green, Armstrong, Edming, Knodl, Kurtz, Magnafici, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Spiros, Steffen, Summerfield, Swearingen and Schraa `introduction`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
- **2023-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor
- **2023-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard
- **2023-09-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-10-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Ballweg added as a coauthor
- **2023-10-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 97, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-11-30T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 64 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-7-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf8ea975-1320-45bd-91d1-c8f78b1e7a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).