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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: qualification of newspapers to receive compensation for publication of legal notices and requirements relating to publication."
+description: "Relating to: qualification of newspapers to receive compensation for publication of legal notices and requirements relating to publication."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 51"
+citation: "Wisconsin SB 51 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bewley", "Cowles", "Pfaff", "Testin"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-05-24T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09516bc6-d9fc-4451-a847-4114b31177da"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb51"
+source_hash: "a76e556656044a834e43aff8cec8f9b1231b24eacdd6399aa960f05facbafdc8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
+---
+
+# Wisconsin SB 51 (2021) — Relating to: qualification of newspapers to receive compensation for publication of legal notices and requirements relating to publication.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/SB51)
+2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB51-SA1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bewley — primary (person)
+- Cowles — primary (person)
+- Pfaff — primary (person)
+- Testin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles, Bewley, Pfaff and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Armstrong, Billings, Doyle, Duchow, James, Knodl, Loudenbeck, Milroy, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Rozar, Skowronski, Steffen, Subeck and Vruwink `introduction`
+- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
+- **2021-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles
+- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2021-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Edming added as a cosponsor
+- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2021-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
+- **2021-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
+- **2021-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2021-05-20T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 5-20-2021 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 5-21-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 32 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Published 5-22-2021 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09516bc6-d9fc-4451-a847-4114b31177da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+