---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: technical changes to the tax incremental financing statutes. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: technical changes to the tax incremental financing statutes. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 51 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Olsen", "Stroebel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77b31ae3-35e5-4538-a85b-f30afcd660f7"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb51"
source_hash: "5393ef2ec5f8ce50c2098566e648e88f93b43a7f1aa6a298d0f37b12e9e7959e"
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 51 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: technical changes to the tax incremental financing statutes. (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/SB51)

## Votes

- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 97, Noes 0 — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Olsen — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Stroebel and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Loudenbeck, Skowronski, R. Brooks, Spiros and Kerkman `introduction`
- **2017-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection
- **2017-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-7-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-10-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 97, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 6-20-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 6-21-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 15 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Published 6-22-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77b31ae3-35e5-4538-a85b-f30afcd660f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).