---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: shareholders' meetings of business corporations."
description: "Relating to: shareholders' meetings of business corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 285"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 285 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig", "Feyen", "Kapenga", "LeMahieu", "Nass", "Stroebel", "Testin", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84354549-ab5b-4ae4-acd0-347167870e49"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb285"
source_hash: "eb19554d15ad44c233596272c1f5e246da16f27d08642a2a8d76487ae33f3304"
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 285 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: shareholders' meetings of business corporations.

## 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/SB285)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refused to reconsider vote by which Senate Bill 285 Passed, Ayes 13, Noes 20 — **13–20** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Craig — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Kapenga — primary (person)
- LeMahieu — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Kapenga, Craig, Feyen, LeMahieu, Nass, Stroebel, Testin and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Jarchow, Ballweg, R. Brooks, Doyle, Gannon, Horlacher, Katsma, Kerkman, Kooyenga, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Macco, Murphy, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Spiros, Steffen, Tusler and Zepnick `introduction`
- **2017-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection
- **2017-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-14-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **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 passed `passage`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Refused to reconsider vote by which Senate Bill 285 Passed, Ayes 13, Noes 20
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Messaged
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-2-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **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 79 `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/84354549-ab5b-4ae4-acd0-347167870e49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).