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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: recommendations from the Ethics Commission regarding campaign finance, lobbying, open records, and closed sessions. (FE)"
+description: "Relating to: recommendations from the Ethics Commission regarding campaign finance, lobbying, open records, and closed sessions. (FE)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 741"
+citation: "Wisconsin SB 741 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James", "Knodl"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9575ae7-8b12-44ef-b5ca-08dcc287c0f2"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb741"
+source_hash: "f8029a132862a4a476b1c8ac4f002cbbf42e83c751667b72e2d46bc372a350eb"
+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 741 (2023) — Relating to: recommendations from the Ethics Commission regarding campaign finance, lobbying, open records, and closed sessions. (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/2023/REG/SB741)
+2. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB741-SA2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James — primary (person)
+- Knodl — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Knodl and James; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Melotik, Conley, Gundrum, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez and Penterman `introduction`
+- **2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-12-18T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
+- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Knodl
+- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Knodl
+- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from joint committee on Finance and take up
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
+- **2024-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
+- **2024-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-11-2024 by directive of the Majority Leader `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-14-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 120 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-15-2024 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9575ae7-8b12-44ef-b5ca-08dcc287c0f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+