WisconsinWisconsin requires naming Lake Delton’s Highway 12 for Tom Diehl
Wisconsin’s transportation department must mark all of U.S. Highway 12 within Lake Delton in Sauk County with the name “Tom Diehl Memorial Highway.”
What it does
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation must name and mark all of U.S. Highway 12 within Lake Delton in Sauk County as the “Tom Diehl Memorial Highway.”
Argument forDisplaying Tom Diehl’s name along the highway could help travelers in Lake Delton recognize and remember him.
Argument againstMarking the highway could require transportation workers’ time and money for memorial signs along the Lake Delton stretch.
More detail
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation must name and mark the highway stretch as the “Tom Diehl Memorial Highway.” The requirement covers all of U.S. Highway 12 within the village of Lake Delton in Sauk County.
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 2Published 4-3-2026Latest
- Apr 2Report approved by the Governor Tony Evers on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 157Became Law
- Apr 1Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026To Governor
- Mar 25Report correctly enrolled on 3-25-2026Minor
- Mar 18Received from Senate concurred inMinor
- Mar 17Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 17Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- Mar 17Read a third time and concurred inPassed Senate
- Mar 17Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Mar 17Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Mar 17Read a second timeMinor
- Mar 16Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Vote recorded Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 16Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Jan 14Available for scheduling
- Jan 14Read first time and referred to committee on Senate OrganizationMinor
- Jan 14Received from AssemblyMinor
- Jan 13Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 13Read a third time and passedPassed Assembly
- Jan 13Rules suspended
- Jan 13Ordered to a third readingMinor
- Jan 13Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
- Jan 13Read a second timeMinor
- Jan 8Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
- 2025
- Nov 20Referred to committee on RulesMinor
- Vote recorded Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 5, Noes 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Nov 20Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 5, Noes 0Minor
- Nov 12Executive action taken
- Oct 29Public hearing held
- May 7Fiscal estimate receivedMinor
- Apr 2Read first time and referred to Committee on TransportationMinor
- Apr 2Introduced by Representatives Kurtz, Dallman, Kaufert, Dittrich, Goodwin, Joers, Kreibich, McCarville, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Palmeri, Penterman, Sinicki, Subeck and Tranel; cosponsored by Senators Keyeski, Marklein, Nass, Pfaff and SpreitzerIntroduced
- Nov 20Referred to committee on RulesMinor
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