For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB782, s. 1 1Section 1. 23.117 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,4,2 223.117 Use of trails by bicycles and electric personal assistive mobility
3devices
. (1) No person may operate a bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility
4device
on a trail in a state park or in the Kettle Moraine state forest unless the

1department has determined that the trail will be opened for use by bicycles or electric
2personal assistive mobility devices
and has posted the trail open for such use.
AB782,4,5 3(3) The department shall patrol on a regular basis the trails in state parks and
4in the Kettle Moraine state forest that are open to use by bicycles or electric personal
5assistive mobility devices
.
AB782,4,10 6(4) Any council that is created by the natural resources board under s. 15.04
7(1) (c) to advise the department on the opening of trails in state parks and in the
8Kettle Moraine state forest for use by bicycles or electric personal assistive mobility
9devices
shall have its recommendations regarding such use reviewed and approved
10by the natural resources board before they are implemented.
AB782, s. 2 11Section 2. 23.175 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,4,1412 23.175 (2) (a) Designate a system of state trails as part of the state park system
13for use by equestrians, bicyclists, riders of electric personal assistive mobility
14devices,
cross-country skiers or hikers.
AB782, s. 3 15Section 3. 23.33 (4) (d) 1. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB782,4,2116 23.33 (4) (d) 1. To cross a roadway. The crossing of a roadway is authorized only
17if the crossing is done in the most direct manner practical practicable, if the crossing
18is made at a place where no obstruction prevents a quick and safe crossing, and if the
19operator stops the all-terrain vehicle prior to the crossing and yields the
20right-of-way to other vehicles and, pedestrians, and electric personal assistive
21mobility devices
using the roadway.
AB782,5,322 3. To cross a bridge, culvert, or railroad right-of-way. The crossing of a bridge,
23culvert, or railroad right-of-way is not authorized if the roadway is officially closed
24to all-terrain vehicle traffic. The crossing is authorized only if the crossing is done
25in the most direct manner practical practicable, if the crossing is made at a place

1where no obstruction prevents a quick and safe crossing, and if the operator stops the
2all-terrain vehicle prior to the crossing and, pedestrians, and electric personal
3assistive mobility devices
using the roadway.
AB782, s. 4 4Section 4. 29.001 (57) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,5,95 29.001 (57) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle, including a
6combination of 2 or more vehicles or an articulated vehicle. "Motor vehicle" includes
7a snowmobile or an all-terrain vehicle. "Motor vehicle" does not include an aircraft
8or, a vehicle operated exclusively on rails, or an electric personal assistive mobility
9device
.
AB782, s. 5 10Section 5. 59.84 (2) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,6,411 59.84 (2) (j) Traffic types and speed limits. After an expressway project has
12been certified as completed, the public body having jurisdiction over the
13maintenance thereof shall have the power to regulate the type of vehicular use of
14such portion of the expressway except as limited by federal and state laws and
15regulations, and the power to fix speed limits thereon not in excess of the maximum
16speed limits for state trunk highways, and to provide and enforce reasonable
17penalties for infraction of such vehicular use regulation or speed limits.
18Notwithstanding s. 346.16 (2), the use of the expressways by pedestrians, mopeds,
19motor bicycles, motor scooters, bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices,
20funeral processions, and animals on foot and the hauling of oversized equipment
21without special permit shall be prohibited when an ordinance in conformity with this
22section and, with respect to prohibiting the use of electric personal assistive mobility
23devices, in conformity with s. 349.236 (1) (a) or (b)
is enacted by the board, but a
24forfeiture provided therein shall not exceed the maximum forfeiture under s. 346.17
25(2). The board may not prohibit the towing of disabled vehicles on expressways,

1except that the board may prohibit the towing of disabled vehicles during the peak
2hours of 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. as established under county
3ordinance and except that the board may establish procedures for and may contract
4for the towing of vehicles which have become disabled on the expressway.
AB782, s. 6 5Section 6. 66.1001 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,6,176 66.1001 (2) (c) Transportation element. A compilation of objectives, policies,
7goals, maps and programs to guide the future development of the various modes of
8transportation, including highways, transit, transportation systems for persons
9with disabilities, bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, walking,
10railroads, air transportation, trucking and water transportation. The element shall
11compare the local governmental unit's objectives, policies, goals and programs to
12state and regional transportation plans. The element shall also identify highways
13within the local governmental unit by function and incorporate state, regional and
14other applicable transportation plans, including transportation corridor plans,
15county highway functional and jurisdictional studies, urban area and rural area
16transportation plans, airport master plans and rail plans that apply in the local
17governmental unit.
AB782, s. 7 18Section 7. 83.42 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,6,2519 83.42 (1) Purpose. In order to create and preserve rustic and scenic roads for
20vehicular, bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, and pedestrian travel
21in unhurried, quiet and leisurely enjoyment; to protect and preserve recreational
22driving, culture, beauty, trees, vegetation and wildlife by establishing protective
23standards of rustic road design, access, speed, maintenance and identification,
24which will promote a continuous system of rustic roads and scenic easements for the
25public health and welfare; a state system of rustic roads is created.
AB782, s. 8
1Section 8. 84.60 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,7,62 84.60 (1) (a) "Bikeway" means a public path, trail, lane or other way, including
3structures, traffic control devices and related support facilities and parking areas,
4designated for use by bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, and other
5vehicles propelled by human power. The term also includes "bicycle lane" as defined
6in s. 340.01 (5e) and "bicycle way" as defined in s. 340.01 (5s).
AB782, s. 9 7Section 9. 167.31 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,7,128 167.31 (1) (h) "Vehicle" has the meaning given under in s. 340.01 (74), and
9includes a snowmobile, as defined under in s. 340.01 (58a), and an electric personal
10assistive mobility device, as defined in s. 340.01 (15pm),
except that for purposes of
11subs. (4) (c) and (cg) and (4m) "vehicle" has the meaning given for "motor vehicle" in
12s. 29.001 (57).
AB782, s. 10 13Section 10. 194.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,7,1714 194.01 (7) "Motor vehicle" means any automobile, truck, trailer, semitrailer,
15tractor, motor bus or any self-propelled or motor driven vehicle, except a motorcycle,
16moped, motor bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, or a vehicle
17operated on rails.
AB782, s. 11 18Section 11. 287.81 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,7,2019 287.81 (1) (b) "Vehicle" has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (74), and includes
20an electric personal assistive mobility device, as defined in s. 340.01 (15pm)
.
AB782, s. 12 21Section 12. 340.01 (5e) and (5s) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB782,7,2522 340.01 (5e) "Bicycle lane" means that portion of a roadway set aside by the
23governing body of any city, town, village, or county for the exclusive use of bicycles,
24electric personal assistive mobility devices,
or other modes of travel where permitted
25under s. 349.23 (2) (a), and so designated by appropriate signs and markings.
AB782,8,3
1(5s) "Bicycle way" means any path or sidewalk or portion thereof designated
2for the use of bicycles and electric personal assistive mobility devices by the
3governing body of any city, town, village, or county.
AB782, s. 13 4Section 13. 340.01 (15pm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB782,8,85 340.01 (15pm) "Electric personal assistive mobility device" means a
6self-balancing, 2-nontandem-wheeled device that is designed to transport only one
7person and which has an electric propulsion system that limits the maximum speed
8of the device to 15 miles per hour or less.
AB782, s. 14 9Section 14. 340.01 (43) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,8,1310 340.01 (43) "Pedestrian" means any person afoot or any person in a wheelchair,
11either manually or mechanically propelled, or other low-powered, mechanically
12propelled vehicle designed specifically for use by a physically disabled person, but
13does not include any person using an electric personal assistive mobility device
.
AB782, s. 15 14Section 15. 340.01 (74) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,8,1815 340.01 (74) "Vehicle" means every device in, upon , or by which any person or
16property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except railroad trains.
17A snowmobile or electric personal assistive mobility device shall not be considered
18a vehicle except for purposes made specifically applicable by statute.
AB782, s. 16 19Section 16. 341.058 of the statutes is created to read:
AB782,8,22 20341.058 Electric personal assistive mobility devices. Electric personal
21assistive mobility devices, even though operated upon a highway of this state, are
22exempt from registration.
AB782, s. 17 23Section 17. 344.01 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,9,224 344.01 (2) (g) "Vehicle" means every device in, upon, or by which any person
25or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except vehicles used

1exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks and except electric personal assistive
2mobility devices
.
AB782, s. 18 3Section 18. 346.02 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
AB782,9,124 346.02 (12) Applicability to electric personal assistive mobility devices. An
5electric personal assistive mobility device shall be considered a vehicle for purposes
6of ss. 346.04 to 346.10, 346.12, 346.13, 346.15, 346.16, 346.18, 346.19, 346.20, 346.23
7to 346.28, 346.31 to 346.35, 346.37 to 346.40, 346.44, 346.46, 346.47, 346.48, 346.50
8to 346.55, 346.57, 346.59, 346.62, 346.65 (5m), 346.67 to 346.70, 346.78, 346.80,
9346.87, 346.88, 346.90, 346.91, and 346.94 (4), (5), (9), and (10), except those
10provisions which by their express terms apply only to motor vehicles or which by
11their very nature would have no application to electric personal assistive mobility
12devices.
AB782, s. 19 13Section 19. 346.05 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,9,1714 346.05 (1m) Notwithstanding sub. (1), any person operating a bicycle or
15electric personal assistive mobility device
may ride on the shoulder of a highway
16unless such riding is prohibited by the authority in charge of the maintenance of the
17highway.
AB782, s. 20 18Section 20. 346.075 (title) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB782,9,25 19346.075 (title) Overtaking and passing bicycles, electric personal
20assistive mobility devices,
and motor buses. (1) The operator of a motor vehicle
21overtaking a bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility device proceeding in the
22same direction shall exercise due care, leaving a safe distance, but in no case less
23than 3 feet clearance when passing the bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility
24device,
and shall maintain clearance until safely past the overtaken bicycle or
25electric personal assistive mobility device
.
AB782, s. 21
1Section 21. 346.16 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB782,10,52 346.16 (2) (am) Except as provided in par. (b), no person riding an electric
3personal assistive mobility device may go upon any expressway or freeway when
4official signs have been erected prohibiting persons specified in par. (a) from using
5the expressway or freeway.
AB782, s. 22 6Section 22. 346.16 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,10,107 346.16 (2) (b) A pedestrian or other person under par. (a) or (am) may go upon
8a portion of a hiking trail, cross-country ski trail, bridle trail or bicycle trail
9incorporated into the highway right-of-way and crossing the highway if the portion
10of the trail is constructed under s. 84.06 (11).
AB782, s. 23 11Section 23. The unnumbered subchapter title preceding 346.23 of the statutes
12is amended to read:
AB782,10,1713 Respective rights and duties
14 of drivers, pedestrians and,
15bicyclists, and riders of
16 electric personal assistive
17 mobility devices
AB782, s. 24 18Section 24. 346.23 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,11,8 19346.23 Crossing controlled intersection or crosswalk. (1) At an
20intersection or crosswalk where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or by a
21traffic officer, the operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian,
22or to a person who is riding a bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility device in
23a manner which is consistent with the safe use of the crosswalk by pedestrians, who
24has started to cross the highway on a green or "Walk" signal and in all other cases
25pedestrians and, bicyclists, and riders of electric personal assistive mobility devices

1shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully proceeding directly ahead on a green
2signal. No operator of a vehicle proceeding ahead on a green signal may begin a turn
3at a controlled intersection or crosswalk when a pedestrian or, bicyclist, or rider of
4an electric personal assistive mobility device
crossing in the crosswalk on a green or
5"Walk" signal would be endangered or interfered with in any way. The rules stated
6in this subsection are modified at intersections or crosswalks on divided highways
7or highways provided with safety zones in the manner and to the extent stated in sub.
8(2).
AB782,11,16 9(2) At intersections or crosswalks on divided highways or highways provided
10with safety zones where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or by a traffic
11officer, the operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian or,
12bicyclist, or rider of an electric personal assistive mobility device who has started to
13cross the roadway either from the near curb or shoulder or from the center dividing
14strip or a safety zone with the green or "Walk" signal in the pedestrian's or bicyclist's
15favor of the pedestrian, bicyclist, or rider of an electric personal assistive mobility
16device
.
AB782, s. 25 17Section 25. 346.24 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,11,23 18346.24 Crossing at uncontrolled intersection or crosswalk. (1) At an
19intersection or crosswalk where traffic is not controlled by traffic control signals or
20by a traffic officer, the operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a
21pedestrian, or to a person riding a bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility
22device
in a manner which is consistent with the safe use of the crosswalk by
23pedestrians, who is crossing the highway within a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
AB782,12,2 24(2) No pedestrian or, bicyclist, or rider of an electric personal assistive mobility
25device
shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk, run, or ride into

1the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is difficult for the operator of the vehicle
2to yield.
AB782,12,6 3(3) Whenever any vehicle is stopped at an intersection or crosswalk to permit
4a pedestrian or, bicyclist, or rider of an electric personal assistive mobility device to
5cross the roadway, the operator of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall
6not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.
AB782, s. 26 7Section 26. 346.25 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,12,11 8346.25 Crossing at place other than crosswalk. Every pedestrian or,
9bicyclist, or rider of an electric personal assistive mobility device crossing a roadway
10at any point other than within a marked or unmarked crosswalk shall yield the
11right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
AB782, s. 27 12Section 27. 346.28 (title) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB782,12,15 13346.28 (title) Pedestrians to walk on left side of highway; pedestrians
14and, bicyclists, and riders of electric personal assistive mobility devices on
15sidewalks.
AB782,12,18 16(2) Operators of vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and,
17bicyclists, and riders of electric personal assistive mobility devices on sidewalks as
18required by s. 346.47.
AB782, s. 28 19Section 28. 346.30 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,12,2220 346.30 (1) (b) 2. Any operator of a bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility
21device
violating s. 346.23, 346.24 or 346.25 may be required to forfeit not more than
22$20.
AB782, s. 29 23Section 29. 346.34 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,13,824 346.34 (1) (b) In the event any other traffic may be affected by such movement,
25no person may so turn any vehicle without giving an appropriate signal in the

1manner provided in s. 346.35. When given by the operator of a vehicle other than
2a bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility device, such signal shall be given
3continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before
4turning. The operator of a bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility device shall
5give such signal continuously during not less than the last 50 feet traveled before
6turning. A signal by the hand and arm need not be given continuously if the hand
7is needed in the control or operation of the bicycle or electric personal assistive
8mobility device
.
AB782, s. 30 9Section 30. 346.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,13,1110 346.36 (2) Any operator of a bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility
11device
violating ss. 346.31 to 346.35 may be required to forfeit not more than $20.
AB782, s. 31 12Section 31. 346.37 (1) (a) 2., (c) 2. and 3. and (d) of the statutes are amended
13to read:
AB782,13,1714 346.37 (1) (a) 2. Pedestrians, and persons who are riding bicycles or electric
15personal assistive mobility devices
in a manner which is consistent with the safe use
16of the crosswalk by pedestrians, facing the signal may proceed across the roadway
17within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
AB782,13,2018 (c) 2. No pedestrian or, bicyclist, or rider of an electric personal assistive
19mobility device
facing such signal shall enter the roadway unless he or she can do
20so safely and without interfering with any vehicular traffic.
AB782,14,421 3. Vehicular traffic facing a red signal at an intersection may, after stopping as
22required under subd. 1., cautiously enter the intersection to make a right turn into
23the nearest lawfully available lane for traffic moving to the right or to turn left from
24a one-way highway into the nearest lawfully available lane of a one-way highway
25on which vehicular traffic travels to the left. No turn may be made on a red signal

1if lanes of moving traffic are crossed or if a sign at the intersection prohibits a turn.
2In making a turn on a red signal vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to
3pedestrians and, bicyclists, and riders of electric personal assistive mobility devices
4lawfully within a crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
AB782,14,105 (d) Green arrow. 1. Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal may enter the
6intersection only to make the movement indicated by the arrow but shall yield the
7right-of-way to pedestrians and, bicyclists, and riders of electric personal assistive
8mobility devices
lawfully within a crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the
9intersection. When the green arrow signal indicates a right or left turn traffic shall
10cautiously enter the intersection.
AB782,14,1311 2. No pedestrian or, bicyclist, or rider of an electric personal assistive mobility
12device
facing such signal shall enter the roadway unless he or she can do so safely
13and without interfering with any vehicular traffic.
AB782, s. 32 14Section 32. 346.38 (1) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB782,14,2015 346.38 (1) Walk. A pedestrian, or a person riding a bicycle or electric personal
16assistive mobility device
in a manner which is consistent with the safe use of the
17crossing by pedestrians, facing a "Walk" signal may proceed across the roadway or
18other vehicular crossing in the direction of the signal and the operators of all vehicles
19shall yield the right-of-way to the pedestrian or, bicyclist, or electric personal
20assistive mobility device rider
.
AB782,15,2 21(2) Don't walk. No pedestrian or, bicyclist, or rider of an electric personal
22assistive mobility device
may start to cross the roadway or other vehicular crossing
23in the direction of a "Don't Walk" signal, but any pedestrian or, bicyclist, or rider of
24an electric personal assistive mobility device
who has partially completed crossing

1on the "Walk" signal may proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone while a "Don't Walk"
2signal is showing.
AB782, s. 33 3Section 33. 346.43 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,15,64 346.43 (1) (b) 2. Any operator of a bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility
5device
violating s. 346.37, 346.38 or 346.39 may be required to forfeit not more than
6$20.
AB782, s. 34 7Section 34. 346.47 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB782,15,148 346.47 (1) The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley or about to cross
9or enter a highway from any point of access other than another highway shall stop
10such vehicle immediately prior to moving on to the sidewalk or on to the sidewalk
11area extending across the path of such vehicle and shall yield the right-of-way to any
12pedestrian or, bicyclist, or rider of an electric personal assistive mobility device, and
13upon crossing or entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles
14approaching on such roadway.
AB782, s. 35 15Section 35. 346.49 (1) (b), (1g) (b) and (2m) (b) of the statutes are amended to
16read:
AB782,15,1817 346.49 (1) (b) Any operator of a bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility
18device
violating s. 346.46 (1), (2m) or (4) may be required to forfeit not more than $20.
AB782,15,20 19(1g) (b) Any operator of a bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility device
20violating s. 346.46 (3) shall forfeit not more than $40.
AB782,15,22 21(2m) (b) Any operator of a bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility device
22violating s. 346.44 may be required to forfeit not more than $40.
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