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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: access to a deceased adoptee's original birth certificate and information about birth parents by an adult child of the adoptee. (FE)"
+description: "Relating to: access to a deceased adoptee's original birth certificate and information about birth parents by an adult child of the adoptee. (FE)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 524"
+citation: "Wisconsin SB 524 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Felzkowski", "Jacque", "L. Taylor", "Wanggaard"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-08-26T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c23f9406-2a9b-4636-b0c3-e86be8433176"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb524"
+source_hash: "204b2f74bbd57e0167f5cd625de91a3826036e1ccfcdc7c4ae578320d24ef563"
+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 524 (2021) — Relating to: access to a deceased adoptee's original birth certificate and information about birth parents by an adult child of the adoptee. (FE)
+
+## 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/SB524)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cowles — primary (person)
+- Felzkowski — primary (person)
+- Jacque — primary (person)
+- L. Taylor — primary (person)
+- Wanggaard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-08-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles, Felzkowski, Wanggaard, L. Taylor and Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Horlacher, Mursau, Rozar, Cabrera and Sinicki `introduction`
+- **2021-08-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-09-16T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
+- **2021-09-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2021-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2021-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Bowen added as a cosponsor
+- **2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-20-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 by Committee on Rules
+- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
+- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
+- **2022-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-3-2022 `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-4-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 150 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-5-2022 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c23f9406-2a9b-4636-b0c3-e86be8433176`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+