---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: funding for service award payments and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: funding for service award payments and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 607"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 607 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bowen", "Considine", "Dittrich", "Edming", "Kerkman", "Kolste", "Krug", "Loudenbeck", "Milroy", "Mursau", "Novak", "Shankland", "Spreitzer", "Subeck", "Thiesfeldt", "Tusler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-11-15T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00cca8f1-2a3b-4a6b-ad3c-cc599df38838"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab607"
source_hash: "61fe4ec033740bba7f29369ccc9da51a8c0d5a831bbc3bc0d9c7e5be89857839"
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 607 (2019) — Relating to: funding for service award payments and making an appropriation. (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/2019/REG/AB607)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bowen — primary (person)
- Considine — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Kerkman — primary (person)
- Kolste — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Loudenbeck — primary (person)
- Milroy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Shankland — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Mursau, Krug, Considine, Anderson, Bowen, Dittrich, Kolste, Loudenbeck, Milroy, Novak, Shankland, Spreitzer, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Subeck, Kerkman and Edming; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Bewley, Carpenter, Schachtner and L. Taylor `introduction`
- **2019-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-18T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2020-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Larson added as a cosponsor
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up
- **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, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `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** 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 139 `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/00cca8f1-2a3b-4a6b-ad3c-cc599df38838`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).