---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: amounts obligated under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program for water infrastructure projects in state parks. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: amounts obligated under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program for water infrastructure projects in state parks. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 421"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 421 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Harsdorf", "Miller", "Olsen", "Petrowski", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-10-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/690cc5e3-e158-44ae-9751-300422d7953f"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb421"
source_hash: "1228c8a75264cd2fa01322eb1cfe833fac0e1949474beca06237e1b8257d355b"
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 421 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: amounts obligated under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program for water infrastructure projects in state parks. (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/SB421)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Harsdorf — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles, Wanggaard, Harsdorf, Miller, Olsen and Petrowski; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Kitchens, Vorpagel, Anderson, Steffen, Horlacher and C. Taylor `introduction`
- **2017-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2017-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Mursau added as a cosponsor
- **2017-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-24T05:00:00+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** Senator Vinehout added as a coauthor
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **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
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+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
- **2017-11-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-11-22T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **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 71 `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/690cc5e3-e158-44ae-9751-300422d7953f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).