Wisconsin Legislative Council
AMENDMENT MEMO
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Memo published: June 12, 2023 Contact: Ethan Lauer, Senior Staff Attorney
2023 Assembly Bill 66
Assembly
Amendment 1
BACKGROUND
Current law waives the fee for transferring a motor vehicle title to the surviving spouse or domestic
partner of the vehicle owner upon the owner’s death.
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2023 ASSEMBLY 66
2023 Assembly Bill 66 waives the fee also for transferring the title to any surviving grandparent, parent,
sibling, child, stepchild, stepparent, or grandchild, or the spouse of a grandparent, parent, sibling, child,
stepchild, stepparent, or grandchild.
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1
Assembly Amendment 1 provides that the bill, if enacted, takes effect on the first day of the seventh
month beginning after publication.
BILL HISTORY
Representative Duchow offered Assembly Amendment 1 on June 2, 2023. On June 6, 2023, the
Assembly Committee on Transportation voted to recommend adoption of the amendment and passage
of the bill, as amended, on votes of Ayes, 12; Noes, 0.
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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Ordinarily, the new owner pays a $157 fee for a certificate of title after transfer and a $7.50 supplemental title fee.