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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: changes to the administration of the code of ethics, as recommended by the Ethics Commission."
+description: "Relating to: changes to the administration of the code of ethics, as recommended by the Ethics Commission."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 720"
+citation: "Wisconsin SB 720 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bernier"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-11-19T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-04-15T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a5b0398-0f59-446c-b5ec-db43b5caecf6"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb720"
+source_hash: "7fd912e1b3cc621a2be952c85deffdf57a3d613a060a5dbf964b46ccf5d1c8b3"
+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 720 (2021) — Relating to: changes to the administration of the code of ethics, as recommended by the Ethics Commission.
+
+## 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/SB720)
+2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB720-SA1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bernier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senator Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers, Cabral-Guevara, Murphy and Spiros `introduction`
+- **2021-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-12-14T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Bernier
+- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-15-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 8:49 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
+- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2022-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-14-2022 `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-15-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 267 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-16-2022 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a5b0398-0f59-446c-b5ec-db43b5caecf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+