---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: warning lights on public utility, telecommunications carrier, or cooperative vehicles."
description: "Relating to: warning lights on public utility, telecommunications carrier, or cooperative vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 355"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 355 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Marklein", "Nass", "Pfaff", "Quinn", "Testin", "Tomczyk", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-07-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de691e7b-9708-4503-b328-bbb9e41369ca"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb355"
source_hash: "a8a1cd89349a44dee28557015b67fb413164d978a9b131a8f9511ee9e7e4536b"
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 355 (2023) — Relating to: warning lights on public utility, telecommunications carrier, or cooperative vehicles.

## 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/SB355)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Pfaff — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Tomczyk, Ballweg, Marklein, Nass, Quinn, Testin, Wanggaard and Pfaff; cosponsored by Representatives Callahan, Behnke, Bodden, Donovan, Green, Edming, Hurd, S. Johnson, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Plumer, Sapik, Doyle, Ratcliff, Shankland and Subeck `introduction`
- **2023-07-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor
- **2023-07-19T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Knodl added as a coauthor
- **2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-09-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-10-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage 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** 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`
- **2023-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 10:16 AM on 1-25-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-21-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 155 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-22-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de691e7b-9708-4503-b328-bbb9e41369ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).