---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: increased penalties for failing to stop for a school bus."
description: "Relating to: increased penalties for failing to stop for a school bus."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 313"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 313 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "James", "Marklein"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/340817f2-f221-461b-8c61-0d11c9da83ac"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb313"
source_hash: "5d390aa125d1ef43b15c661d45f40049662cde3658f22854af6dbaf3be21c142"
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 313 (2023) — Relating to: increased penalties for failing to stop for a school bus.

## 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/SB313)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB313-SA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators James, Ballweg and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Penterman, S. Johnson, Allen, C. Anderson, Armstrong, Behnke, Bodden, Conley, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Kitchens, Kurtz, Moses, Murphy, Oldenburg, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Rettinger, Schmidt, Spiros, Stubbs and Brooks `introduction`
- **2023-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- **2023-05-25T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-07-19T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Knodl added as a coauthor
- **2023-08-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-08-28T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
- **2023-09-05T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-09-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor
- **2023-09-06T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-06T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-06T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 9-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 10:14 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+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 154 `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/340817f2-f221-461b-8c61-0d11c9da83ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).