---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the organization and operation of cooperatives and extensions of credit by electric cooperatives."
description: "Relating to: the organization and operation of cooperatives and extensions of credit by electric cooperatives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "AB 353"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 353 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bernier", "Considine", "Doyle", "E. Brooks", "Edming", "Goyke", "Kolste", "Krug", "Kulp", "Meyers", "Mursau", "Nerison", "Novak", "Petryk", "Pronschinske", "Quinn", "Ripp", "Summerfield", "Tauchen", "Tranel", "Tusler", "VanderMeer", "Vruwink"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-05-31T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d35bb93-213f-40c5-a443-829777380be6"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab353"
source_hash: "694e217ca8f576442a2f89c36f8b723f9e52fdf27220ee22f8549ff7bdf8f41d"
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 353 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: the organization and operation of cooperatives and extensions of credit by electric cooperatives.

## 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/AB353)

## Votes

- Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 61, Noes 31 — **61–31** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 12, Noes 2 — **12–2** (pass) · legislature
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 74, Noes 18, Paired 2 — **74–18** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bernier — primary (person)
- Considine — primary (person)
- Doyle — primary (person)
- E. Brooks — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Goyke — primary (person)
- Kolste — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Meyers — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Nerison — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Petryk — primary (person)
- Pronschinske — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Ripp — primary (person)
- Summerfield — primary (person)
- Tauchen — primary (person)
- Tranel — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- VanderMeer — primary (person)
- Vruwink — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-31T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Tauchen, Nerison, E. Brooks, Novak, Considine, Tusler, Kulp, Bernier, Quinn, Petryk, Meyers, Ripp, Tranel, Ballweg, Krug, Edming, Summerfield, Vruwink, Doyle, Kolste, VanderMeer, Mursau, Pronschinske and Goyke; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Cowles, Bewley, Moulton, Harsdorf, Ringhand, Marklein and Vinehout `introduction`
- **2017-05-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions
- **2017-07-28T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Zimmerman added as a coauthor
- **2017-09-21T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Zepnick added as a coauthor
- **2017-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Vinehout withdrawn as a cosponsor
- **2017-09-27T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Doyle withdrawn as a coauthor
- **2017-09-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tauchen
- **2017-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Tauchen
- **2017-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 12, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-7-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Tauchen
- **2017-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Considine withdrawn as a coauthor
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Considine, Spreitzer, Pope, Bowen, Young, Hebl, Hesselbein, Crowley, Shankland and Vruwink
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 61, Noes 31
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 3 adopted
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 74, Noes 18, Paired 2 `passage`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2017-11-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-22-2017
- **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 76 `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/8d35bb93-213f-40c5-a443-829777380be6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).