---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: remediation of contaminated land; air pollution control requirements for certain manufacturing facilities constructed on formerly contaminated land; reassigning tax deeds on tax delinquent brownfield properties; creating a new method for the creation of environmental remediation tax incremental financing districts; loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain brownfield revitalization projects and collection of the debt by special charge; state trust fund loans for brownfield projects; conversion of business improvement districts; and annexations to business improvement districts and neighborhood improvement districts. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: remediation of contaminated land; air pollution control requirements for certain manufacturing facilities constructed on formerly contaminated land; reassigning tax deeds on tax delinquent brownfield properties; creating a new method for the creation of environmental remediation tax incremental financing districts; loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain brownfield revitalization projects and collection of the debt by special charge; state trust fund loans for brownfield projects; conversion of business improvement districts; and annexations to business improvement districts and neighborhood improvement districts. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 173 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Olsen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-04-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a739d01-4c1a-4f0e-b674-a5d46210087b"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb173"
source_hash: "8f93f2483412c78403281151bf2b9eb48ceded2002c5d999a58ea8ed030302a1"
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 173 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: remediation of contaminated land; air pollution control requirements for certain manufacturing facilities constructed on formerly contaminated land; reassigning tax deeds on tax delinquent brownfield properties; creating a new method for the creation of environmental remediation tax incremental financing districts; loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain brownfield revitalization projects and collection of the debt by special charge; state trust fund loans for brownfield projects; conversion of business improvement districts; and annexations to business improvement districts and neighborhood improvement districts. (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/SB173)

## Votes

- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Jacque, Thiesfeldt, Skowronski and Allen `introduction`
- **2017-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection
- **2017-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Cowles and Stroebel
- **2017-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Cowles
- **2017-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Cowles
- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-7-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 2 adopted
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 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 33, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to calendar of 11-9-2017
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2017-11-22T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-22-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-27-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 70 `executive-signature`
- **2017-11-27T06:00:00+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/8a739d01-4c1a-4f0e-b674-a5d46210087b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).