---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: surplus lines insurance policies issued by domestic insurers. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: surplus lines insurance policies issued by domestic insurers. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 77"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 77 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bewley", "Craig", "L. Taylor", "Lasee", "Olsen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-23T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/668aba24-7883-4e73-bdbf-4684e9350a67"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb77"
source_hash: "8cee3ce65b077957e0cd7929d7c740a61654f009682a0ba408b56601c900a5fd"
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 77 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: surplus lines insurance policies issued by domestic insurers. (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/SB77)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 97, Noes 0 — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bewley — primary (person)
- Craig — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Lasee — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Lasee, Bewley, Craig, Olsen and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Allen, Berceau, Doyle, Duchow, Gannon, Genrich, Horlacher, Kessler, Kooyenga, Murphy, Nygren and Skowronski `introduction`
- **2017-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing and Trade
- **2017-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Lasee
- **2017-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 4-4-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Tusler added as a cosponsor
- **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
- **2017-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **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 16 `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/668aba24-7883-4e73-bdbf-4684e9350a67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).