Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB179 Compare Versions

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1	1	2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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4	4	2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 179
5	5	April 15, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives B. JACOBSON, BEHNKE, CALLAHAN,
6	6	DITTRICH, DONOVAN, GOEBEN, KNODL, MURSAU, O'CONNOR, PENTERMAN,
7	7	PIWOWARCZYK and PRONSCHINSKE, cosponsored by Senators WANGGAARD,
8	8	FEYEN and NASS. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
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10	10	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
11	11	AN ACT to amend 347.25 (1m) (b) of the statutes; relating to: requirements for
12	12	lighting on police vehicles.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	Current law provides that a police vehicle may be equipped with flashing,
15	15	oscillating, or rotating blue and red lights. On a marked police vehicle, the blue
16	16	light must be mounted on the passenger side of the vehicle and the red light must be
17	17	mounted on the driver side of the vehicle.
18	18	This bill provides that, on a marked police vehicle with an exterior light bar,
19	19	the blue light must be mounted on the roof of the passenger side of the vehicle and
20	20	the red light must be mounted on the roof of the driver side of the vehicle. For lights
21	21	mounted inside the vehicle, blue lights must be displayed on the interior of the
22	22	passenger side of the vehicle and red lights must be displayed on the interior of the
23	23	driver side of the vehicle. The bill also authorizes the use of a combination of blue
24	24	and red lights mounted on the front, sides, or rear of a police vehicle if the vehicle is
25	25	already equipped with roof or interior lights as required by the bill.
26	26	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
27	27	enact as follows:
28	28	SECTION 1. 347.25 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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35	35	SECTION 1
36	36	347.25 (1m) (b) If the vehicle is so equipped, the lights shall be illuminated as
37	37	required under s. 346.03 or 346.215 (2) (a) when the operator of the police vehicle is
38	38	exercising the privileges granted under s. 346.03 or 346.215 (2) (a). On a marked
39	39	police vehicle with an exterior light bar, the blue light shall be mounted on the roof
40	40	of the passenger side of the vehicle and the red light shall be mounted on the roof of
41	41	the driver side of the vehicle. If lights are mounted inside the vehicle, blue lights
42	42	shall be displayed on the interior of the passenger side of the vehicle and red lights
43	43	shall be displayed on the interior of the driver side of the vehicle. On marked police
44	44	vehicles with blue lights displayed on the passenger side roof or interior and red
45	45	lights displayed on the driver side roof or interior, a combination of additional blue
46	46	and red lights may be mounted on the front, sides, or rear of a police vehicle in any
47	47	configuration. When in use on an unmarked police vehicle, the blue light shall be
48	48	displayed on the passenger side of the vehicle and the red light shall be displayed on
49	49	the driver side of the vehicle. The lights shall be designed and displayed so as to be
50	50	plainly visible and understandable from a distance of 500 feet during normal
51	51	sunlight and during hours of darkness. No operator of a police vehicle may use the
52	52	warning lights except when responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit of
53	53	an actual or suspected violator of the law, when responding to but not upon
54	54	returning from a fire alarm, when necessarily parked on a highway in a position
55	55	which is likely to be hazardous to traffic using the highway, or as authorized under
56	56	s. 346.215 (2) (a).
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