---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: tax administration changes, the police and fire protection fee, defining restaurant for purposes of alcohol beverage regulation, lottery ticket couriers, background investigations of persons associated with the lottery, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: tax administration changes, the police and fire protection fee, defining restaurant for purposes of alcohol beverage regulation, lottery ticket couriers, background investigations of persons associated with the lottery, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 89 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marklein"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-03-02T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bea38b4d-85ef-46dc-8d7a-b602ceb1b479"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb89"
source_hash: "d3a6b3401255caa3f6558cf023f353f0f6584e2637e0d28d1ce060051437d117"
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 89 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: tax administration changes, the police and fire protection fee, defining restaurant for purposes of alcohol beverage regulation, lottery ticket couriers, background investigations of persons associated with the lottery, and providing a criminal penalty. (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/SB89)

## Votes

- Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 34 — **62–34** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (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
- Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 62, Noes 34 — **62–34** (pass) · legislature
- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 24, Noes 8 — **24–8** (pass) · legislature
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (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

## Sponsors

- Marklein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senator Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, E. Brooks, Ripp, Skowronski and Spiros `introduction`
- **2017-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues
- **2017-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions requested
- **2017-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2017-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2017-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions withdrawn pursuant to Senate Rule 36 (2)(c)
- **2017-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-05-05T05:00:00+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
- **2017-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-10-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted
- **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 passed, Ayes 24, Noes 8 `passage`
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-14-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Barca and Hebl
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 34
- **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 concurred in, Ayes 62, Noes 34 `passage`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
- **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 17 `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/bea38b4d-85ef-46dc-8d7a-b602ceb1b479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).