---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: amounts obligated under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program for water infrastructure projects in state parks and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: amounts obligated under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program for water infrastructure projects in state parks and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 125"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 125 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernier", "Cowles", "LeMahieu", "Marklein", "Miller", "Nass", "Olsen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/001130b0-fcb9-49b5-b874-915f3aa3e02b"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb125"
source_hash: "21e7f4870c5d1440752de8a1435fc21ffdf485f27debb3a5854ef8e9ec876a2b"
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 125 (2019) — Relating to: amounts obligated under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program for water infrastructure projects in state parks 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/SB125)
2. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB125-SA2)

## Votes

- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bernier — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- LeMahieu — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles, Bernier, LeMahieu, Marklein, Miller, Nass and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Summerfield, Kitchens, Tusler, Ballweg, James, Mursau, Novak, Pronschinske, Subeck and Thiesfeldt `introduction`
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-07-26T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Cowles `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+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 3, Noes 2
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and 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** 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 concurred in, Ayes 98, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-3-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-5-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 93 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-6-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/001130b0-fcb9-49b5-b874-915f3aa3e02b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).