2017 Wisconsin Act 238

  Date of enactment: April 3, 2018
2017 Assembly Bill 651   Date of publication*: April 4, 2018

* 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."

2017 WISCONSIN ACT 238

An Act relating to: modifying Department of Transportation rules relating to human services vehicles.

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

238,1 Section 1. Trans 301.05 (11) of the administrative code is amended to read:

Trans 301.05 (11) No driver may require or allow any passenger to stand while the vehicle is in motion. The driver may not move or start the HSV until all passengers are seated. The driver may not permit a passenger to get up from a seated position until the HSV has come to a complete stop. The driver may not permit any passengers to sit anywhere except in seats provided. This subsection does not apply to chaperones or monitors in the performance of their duties or to a passenger with a medical condition that prevents sitting as certified by a medical practitioner.