2023 Wisconsin Act 154

  Date of enactment: March 21, 2024
2023 Senate Bill 313   Date of publication*: March 22, 2024

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2023 WISCONSIN ACT 154

An Act to amend 346.49 (2); and to create 343.32 (2) (bL) and 346.49 (2g) of the statutes; relating to: increased penalties for failing to stop for a school bus.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

154,1 Section 1. 343.32 (2) (bL) of the statutes is created to read:

343.32 (2) (bL) The scale adopted by the secretary shall assess, for each conviction, 4 demerit points for a violation of s. 346.48.

154,2 Section 2. 346.49 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

346.49 (2) Any person violating s. 346.455 or 346.48 may be required to forfeit not less than $30 nor more than $300.

154,3 Section 3. 346.49 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:

346.49 (2g) Any person violating s. 346.48 may be required to forfeit not less than $500 nor more than $1,000.

154,4 Section 4. Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to offenses committed on the effective date of this subsection.