republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2019/sb-304.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: prohibited practices of motor vehicle manufacturers, importers, and distributors and providing a penalty. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: prohibited practices of motor vehicle manufacturers, importers, and distributors and providing a penalty. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 304"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 304 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Darling", "Erpenbach", "Feyen", "Hansen", "L. Taylor", "Marklein", "Miller", "Nass", "Olsen", "Ringhand", "Testin", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d845bdd4-d433-4580-a18d-c3432edcd32a"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb304"
source_hash: "9d050ddf2c4f44064163bf2e4845d1da364982231d0fcc4f25a23c3311ca514a"
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 304 (2019) — Relating to: prohibited practices of motor vehicle manufacturers, importers, and distributors 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](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/SB304)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- Senate Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 24, Noes 9 — **24–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Erpenbach — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, Ringhand, Cowles, Darling, Erpenbach, Feyen, Hansen, Miller, Nass, Olsen, L. Taylor, Testin and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Ballweg, Fields, Bowen, Brandtjen, Considine, Crowley, Gundrum, Knodl, Kolste, Kuglitsch, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Petryk, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Sinicki, Skowronski, Steffen, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vruwink and Zimmerman `introduction`
- **2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-11T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-10-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-10-03T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Bernier and Fitzgerald `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Kapenga, Kooyenga, Craig, Bernier and Darling `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 24, Noes 9 `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 27, Noes 6 `passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-12-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2019-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2019-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-19-2019 by directive of the President, pursuant to Senate Rule 44m (3) `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-25-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 67 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-26-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d845bdd4-d433-4580-a18d-c3432edcd32a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).