---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: investment of surplus money by local units of government. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: investment of surplus money by local units of government. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "AB 229"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 229 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bernier", "Duchow", "E. Brooks", "Felzkowski", "Gannon", "Katsma", "Knodl", "Kulp", "Macco", "Murphy", "Novak", "Quinn", "R. Brooks", "Ripp", "Rohrkaste", "Skowronski", "Spiros", "Steffen", "Tittl"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9d6ef32-0b5d-4677-acdb-c6899b6b37e8"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab229"
source_hash: "34e8684373193410324aa2eccdd87c18f8c161ec9da4b6895570ae378411e4ed"
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 AB 229 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: investment of surplus money by local units of government. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/AB229)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bernier — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- E. Brooks — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Gannon — primary (person)
- Katsma — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Macco — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- R. Brooks — primary (person)
- Ripp — primary (person)
- Rohrkaste — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Katsma, Ballweg, Bernier, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Duchow, Felzkowski, Gannon, Knodl, Kulp, Macco, Murphy, Novak, Quinn, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Skowronski, Spiros, Steffen and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Marklein, Stroebel and Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2017-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government
- **2017-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-05-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-14-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2017-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-14T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-07-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-18T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-10-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-10-27T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-31-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-3-2017
- **2017-11-22T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-22-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-27-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 78 `executive-signature`
- **2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-28-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9d6ef32-0b5d-4677-acdb-c6899b6b37e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).