---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: parental choice programs, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: parental choice programs, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 293"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 293 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darling", "L. Taylor", "Olsen", "Stroebel", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f6f0927-c94d-406f-87eb-f5c702c07c99"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb293"
source_hash: "f09781bac8e78c7da419ebe902c9b69bd29d5426e246b6b7e426e557596bd6d5"
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 293 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: parental choice programs, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (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/SB293)

## Votes

- Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 67, Noes 30 — **67–30** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Amendment 5 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13 — **20–13** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Amendment 4 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13 — **20–13** (pass) · legislature
- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 28, Noes 5 — **28–5** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3 — **4–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Darling — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Olsen, L. Taylor, Darling, Stroebel and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Fields, Ballweg, Bernier, Felzkowski, Gannon, Jagler, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Thiesfeldt, Young and Zepnick `introduction`
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Kleefisch added as a cosponsor
- **2017-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Vukmir added as a coauthor
- **2017-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Horlacher added as a cosponsor
- **2017-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Larson
- **2017-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Larson
- **2017-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-14-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-06-13T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 3 offered by Senator Olsen
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 4 offered by Senators Larson, Johnson, Vinehout, Carpenter, Miller, Bewley, Wirch and Hansen
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 5 offered by Senators Larson, Johnson, Vinehout, Carpenter, Bewley, Hansen and L. Taylor
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 3 adopted
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 4 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 5 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 13
- **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, Ayes 28, Noes 5 `passage`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 1:05 PM on 6-21-2017 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 11
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 67, Noes 30 `passage`
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-07-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-07-18T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2017-07-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 7-18-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 7-19-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 36 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-19T05:00:00+00:00** Published 7-20-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f6f0927-c94d-406f-87eb-f5c702c07c99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).