---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: withholding from a Wisconsin Retirement System lump sum payment or annuity to satisfy an order of restitution."
description: "Relating to: withholding from a Wisconsin Retirement System lump sum payment or annuity to satisfy an order of restitution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 233 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernier", "Cowles", "Craig", "Kapenga", "Marklein", "Nass", "Smith", "Stroebel", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-05-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6095b627-e587-43ab-8b77-377ad3efa14f"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb233"
source_hash: "0dafc17b03e0c0f91d94851fcf6e0bdff12656e6b4eb35efef1d2a0a348636d2"
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 233 (2019) — Relating to: withholding from a Wisconsin Retirement System lump sum payment or annuity to satisfy an order of restitution.

## 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/SB233)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernier — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Craig — primary (person)
- Kapenga — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Bernier, Cowles, Craig, Marklein, Nass, Smith, Stroebel, Wanggaard and Kapenga; cosponsored by Representatives Petryk, Pronschinske, Edming, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Horlacher, James, Knodl, Krug, Kulp, Kurtz, Quinn, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Skowronski, Sortwell, Summerfield, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt and Tusler `introduction`
- **2019-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-10-03T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-10-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-10-03T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **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** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **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 `passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-15-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 1-17-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 1-21-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 71 `executive-signature`
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Published 1-22-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6095b627-e587-43ab-8b77-377ad3efa14f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).