---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: upgrading service levels for ambulances in rural areas. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: upgrading service levels for ambulances in rural areas. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 239 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feyen", "Harsdorf", "Marklein", "Nass", "Olsen", "Vinehout"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
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/c2866aa3-3e01-4564-9ba0-1b2426e4337d"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb239"
source_hash: "a3ad205ca2cb598b91b001b08e2497974db05b1b51367ce3a118da958506c690"
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 239 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: upgrading service levels for ambulances in rural areas. (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/SB239)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (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

## Sponsors

- Feyen — primary (person)
- Harsdorf — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Vinehout — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Harsdorf, Feyen, Olsen, Marklein, Nass and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Kremer, Petryk, Berceau, E. Brooks, Edming, Horlacher, Jagler, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Quinn, Skowronski, Spiros, Thiesfeldt and Tusler `introduction`
- **2017-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues
- **2017-05-22T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-08-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Loudenbeck withdrawn as a cosponsor
- **2017-08-28T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Harsdorf
- **2017-08-28T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 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 adoption of Senate Amendment 2 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** Senate Amendment 2 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** Senator Miller added as a coauthor
- **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** 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
- **2017-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **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 97 `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/c2866aa3-3e01-4564-9ba0-1b2426e4337d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).