Governor Signs Wisconsin HMV Bill into Law

On February 23, the Wisconsin Assembly acted on bill AB592 to change the state statutes to allow Historic Military Vehicles to be registered and operated in Wisconsin.

The Assembly passed the bill on a unanimous voice vote. The bill was immediately sent to the Senate were it also passed on a unanimous voice vote. No legislators spoke against the bill.

On March 3 the Governor signed the bill into law.

There will be more to do in the future. We remain committed to continue to expand the statute provisions in the future as Wisconsin MV owners demonstrate the safe operation of our MV's. We consider this "A good start".

It will take a couple of months for the DOT / DMV to put the changes into the state registration system. After that, military vehicle owners who have been waiting to apply can apply for MV registration of vehicles under the new law.

The new law creates our own “Historic Military Vehicle” license plate. Military vehicle owners who have existing collector or other plates will be required to submit an application to the DMV for the new plate for each MV they own. There will be no charge for replacing existing plates. We expect there will be plenty of time, to allow you to continue to use your MV until the application forms and new plates are available.

We are working with the DMV on the details of making the changes. Remember it will be several months before the application forms and plates will be available. The MVPA will send out more details when the information becomes available.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO GET INVOLVED AND LOBBY YOUR LEGISLATORS.