| 1 | 1 | | 2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE |
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| 2 | 2 | | LRB-2246/1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | ZDW:cjs |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2025 SENATE BILL 136 |
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| 5 | 5 | | March 14, 2025 - Introduced by Senators TOMCZYK, NASS and SPREITZER, |
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| 6 | 6 | | cosponsored by Representatives TUSLER, DITTRICH, GUNDRUM, GOEBEN, |
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| 7 | 7 | | KNODL, MELOTIK, ORTIZ-VELEZ, SINICKI and SUBECK. Referred to Committee |
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| 8 | 8 | | on Transportation and Local Government. |
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| 10 | 10 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT to amend 347.26 (4) (a); to create 347.26 (4) (am) of the statutes; |
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| 12 | 12 | | relating to: school bus back-up lamps. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | This bill provides that a school bus may be equipped with one back-up lamp |
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| 15 | 15 | | mounted to each side of the vehicle and directed to project a white or amber light |
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| 16 | 16 | | illuminating the rear wheels of the vehicle when backing. Under current law, a |
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| 17 | 17 | | motor vehicle may not be equipped with more than two back-up lamps, which must |
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| 18 | 18 | | be directed to project white or amber light illuminating the roadway to the rear of |
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| 19 | 19 | | the vehicle for a distance of up 75 feet. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 21 | 21 | | enact as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. 347.26 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 23 | 23 | | 347.26 (4) (a) Any Except as provided in par. (am), any motor vehicle may be |
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| 24 | 24 | | equipped with not more than 2 back-up lamps which shall be so directed as to |
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| 25 | 25 | | project a white or amber light illuminating the roadway to the rear of such vehicle |
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| 26 | 26 | | for a distance not to exceed 75 feet. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 7 2025 - 2026 Legislature |
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| 34 | 34 | | SENATE BILL 136 |
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| 35 | 35 | | - 2 - LRB-2246/1 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ZDW:cjs |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. 347.26 (4) (am) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 39 | 39 | | 347.26 (4) (am) In addition to the lamps authorized under par. (a), a school |
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| 40 | 40 | | bus may be equipped with one back-up lamp mounted to each side of the vehicle and |
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| 41 | 41 | | directed to project a white or amber light illuminating the rear wheels of the vehicle |
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| 42 | 42 | | when backing. |
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