---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: funding for first responder and emergency medical technician training and certification and making an appropriation."
description: "Relating to: funding for first responder and emergency medical technician training and certification and making an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 238"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 238 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harsdorf", "Marklein", "Nass", "Olsen", "Testin", "Vinehout", "Wirch"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-05-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39fa7317-8237-4059-9432-bb819a10aa1e"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb238"
source_hash: "fff99c5c535e1266a6739d0ad440411b5a6ca8434bcfbef11c930846b20dab7a"
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 238 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: funding for first responder and emergency medical technician training and certification and making an appropriation.

## 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/SB238)

## Votes

- Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 33 — **60–33** (pass) · legislature
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Harsdorf — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Vinehout — primary (person)
- Wirch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Harsdorf, Testin, Olsen, Marklein, Wirch, Nass and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Kremer, Kolste, Anderson, Ballweg, E. Brooks, Considine, Horlacher, Hutton, Jagler, Kerkman, Mursau, Novak, Ohnstad, Petryk, Ripp, Schraa, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spiros, Spreitzer, Subeck and Tusler `introduction`
- **2017-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-08-28T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Harsdorf
- **2017-08-30T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-08-30T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-08-30T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-08-30T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **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** Senate Amendment 1 adopted
- **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 passed `passage`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-9-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **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** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives C. Taylor and Kolste
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 33
- **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** Representatives Barca and Shankland added as cosponsors
- **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
- **2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-28-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-30-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 96 `executive-signature`
- **2017-12-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-1-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39fa7317-8237-4059-9432-bb819a10aa1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).