---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: issuance of temporary motor vehicle operation plates and permits to dealers and providing a penalty. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: issuance of temporary motor vehicle operation plates and permits to dealers and providing a penalty. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 124 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Cabral-Guevara", "Carpenter", "Cowles", "Pfaff", "Spreitzer", "Taylor", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbf64eac-0f88-406d-ac4a-88cbfdb901d1"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb124"
source_hash: "e45aca11d5076a6533f0f94fc4179bd3be0da280bcb913b910734a93b19e0fc4"
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 124 (2023) — Relating to: issuance of temporary motor vehicle operation plates and permits to dealers 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/SB124)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Cabral-Guevara — primary (person)
- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Pfaff — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles, Pfaff, Ballweg, Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter, Spreitzer, Taylor and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, O'Connor, Spiros and Subeck `introduction`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Knodl added as a cosponsor
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-7-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-10-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **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 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-10-19T05:00:00+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 45 `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/dbf64eac-0f88-406d-ac4a-88cbfdb901d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).