---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: issuance by municipalities of alcohol beverage operator's licenses."
description: "Relating to: issuance by municipalities of alcohol beverage operator's licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 203"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 203 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kapenga", "Kooyenga", "Nass", "Stroebel", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/930f0896-8db8-494d-88de-95f86b719b39"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb203"
source_hash: "5a7527f5bead984dc9ada634489165fd39ec2948a1c4d9439a51929f001c4e8c"
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 203 (2019) — Relating to: issuance by municipalities of alcohol beverage operator's licenses.

## 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/SB203)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kapenga — primary (person)
- Kooyenga — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Kapenga, Kooyenga, Nass, Stroebel and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Ballweg, Duchow, Kitchens, Kurtz, Mursau, Plumer, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Spiros, Steffen, Subeck, Tittl and Zimmerman `introduction`
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor
- **2019-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Bewley added as a coauthor
- **2019-09-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 11:30 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 166 `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/930f0896-8db8-494d-88de-95f86b719b39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).