---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: holding a referendum to increase a political subdivision's levy limit. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: holding a referendum to increase a political subdivision's levy limit. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 310"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 310 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Considine", "Edming", "Kitchens", "Milroy", "Novak", "Quinn", "Rohrkaste", "Sargent", "Shankland", "Sinicki", "Skowronski", "Snyder", "Spiros", "Spreitzer", "Swearingen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-06-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b22750ac-905d-41ef-81f6-83c0854408c1"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab310"
source_hash: "7572888015c2eca93258cb1f9527c1a5a80b7de01e6bdd25a075ad5a6620fce2"
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 AB 310 (2019) — Relating to: holding a referendum to increase a political subdivision's levy limit. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB310-AA1-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB310)

## Votes

- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 7, Noes 2 — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Considine — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Milroy — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Rohrkaste — primary (person)
- Sargent — primary (person)
- Shankland — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Swearingen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Novak, Shankland, Considine, Edming, Kitchens, Milroy, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Spiros, Spreitzer, Swearingen, Snyder, Sinicki and Skowronski; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Bewley, Testin and Bernier `introduction`
- **2019-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-09T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-07-16T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Born added as a coauthor
- **2019-08-09T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Novak `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-29T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- **2019-10-15T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Novak `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-12-04T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-12-26T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- **2019-12-26T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- **2019-12-26T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 7, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-12-26T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Larson added as a cosponsor
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 126 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-4-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b22750ac-905d-41ef-81f6-83c0854408c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).