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Read. Follow. Verify.Wisconsin Bill Requires Carbon Monoxide Detectors and Warning Stickers on Motorboats with Enclosed Cabins
Last action · April 7, 2026: Fiscal estimate receivedSponsors: Jamie Wall and 8 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Wisconsin Senate Bill 1064 prohibits operating or selling a new motorboat with an unless it features a certified and a warning sticker. The Department of Natural Resources must distribute informational materials and warning stickers to motorboat registration applicants at no extra cost, establishing a $300 penalty for second and subsequent violations.
Boat owners and dealers face new equipment mandates and a $300 fine for repeat safety violations, while registration applicants receive mandatory carbon monoxide warning materials from the Department of Natural Resources.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Motorboat operators
Operators must ensure their vessels with enclosed accommodation compartments are equipped with functioning carbon monoxide detectors and warning stickers or face penalties.
Motorboat dealers
Dealers are prohibited from selling new motorboats with enclosed accommodation compartments unless they include the required carbon monoxide detection systems and warning stickers.
Department of Natural Resources
The department must provide printed carbon monoxide safety information and warning stickers to motorboat registration applicants at no additional cost.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which motorboats are required to have a carbon monoxide detection system?
What are the penalties for violating the carbon monoxide detection requirements?
Do boat registration applicants have to pay extra for the warning stickers and safety information?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the Senate.
Procedural history
6 actions- Apr 7, 2026SenateFiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2026SenateFailed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Mar 19, 2026SenateRepresentative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
- Mar 2, 2026SenateRepresentative Clancy added as a cosponsor
- Feb 26, 2026SenateIntroducedRead first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage
- Feb 26, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced by Senators Wall, Roys and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Miresse, Joers, Roe, Spaude, Stubbs and Sinicki
Version history
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Discoveries
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Introduction of Mandatory Carbon Monoxide Safety Equipment
The legislation marks a shift by legally requiring carbon monoxide detectors and warning labels on specific motorboats and penalizing noncompliant sales and operations.
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Sources
docs.legis.wisconsin.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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