---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: time periods for the abatement of late blight of potatoes."
description: "Relating to: time periods for the abatement of late blight of potatoes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 20 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Moulton", "Olsen", "Petrowski", "Testin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9f29539-2bb0-4013-b0c1-181fe6906f86"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb20"
source_hash: "861eb988797d36203f081216906889a2b421fdcf7ce181d7e8e0318fd5a861a3"
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 20 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: time periods for the abatement of late blight of potatoes.

## 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/SB20)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Small Business and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Moulton — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Testin, Petrowski, Cowles, Moulton and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Krug, Tauchen, Edming, E. Brooks, Vruwink and Skowronski `introduction`
- **2017-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Small Business and Tourism
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Ripp added as a cosponsor
- **2017-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Small Business and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-2-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Miller added as a coauthor
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-02T05:00:00+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 concurred in `passage`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-08-01T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 8-1-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 8-2-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 45 `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-02T05:00:00+00:00** Published 8-3-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9f29539-2bb0-4013-b0c1-181fe6906f86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).