---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: limiting the authority of the state and political subdivisions to regulate certain wireless facilities and authorizing political subdivisions to impose setback requirements for certain mobile service support structures. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: limiting the authority of the state and political subdivisions to regulate certain wireless facilities and authorizing political subdivisions to impose setback requirements for certain mobile service support structures. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 239 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Feyen", "Hansen", "Johnson", "LeMahieu", "Nass", "Olsen", "Smith", "Tiffany", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-05-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3eef04e-47a7-48c6-b0c0-a3113cee5079"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb239"
source_hash: "5ab19a97bcf449acb45599fa83aef9bfb3b6a381d4743e996f54923392a2e17f"
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 239 (2019) — Relating to: limiting the authority of the state and political subdivisions to regulate certain wireless facilities and authorizing political subdivisions to impose setback requirements for certain mobile service support structures. (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/SB239)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB239-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Utilities and Housing, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 22, Noes 10 — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- Senate Amendment 3 rejected, Ayes 21, Noes 10 — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Utilities and Housing, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Amendment 4 rejected, Ayes 22, Noes 10 — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- Senate Amendment 5 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 10 — **20–10** (pass) · upper
- Senate Amendment 6 rejected, Ayes 21, Noes 10 — **21–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- LeMahieu — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Tiffany — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators LeMahieu, Hansen, Feyen, Johnson, Cowles, Nass, Wanggaard, Tiffany, Smith and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Kuglitsch, Fields, Neylon, Stuck, Considine, Duchow, Felzkowski, Gruszynski, Horlacher, Kulp, Mursau, Novak, Rohrkaste, Snyder, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler, Vruwink, Subeck and Spiros `introduction`
- **2019-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Housing `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator LeMahieu `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-31T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-05-31T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Utilities and Housing, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-31T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Utilities and Housing, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-31T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Carpenter, L. Taylor, Miller and Risser `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 3 offered by Senators Carpenter, L. Taylor, Miller and Risser `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 4 offered by Senators Carpenter, L. Taylor and Risser `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 5 offered by Senators Carpenter, Risser, L. Taylor and Ringhand `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 6 offered by Senators Carpenter, L. Taylor, Miller and Risser `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 22, Noes 10 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 3 rejected, Ayes 21, Noes 10 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 4 rejected, Ayes 22, Noes 10 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 5 rejected, Ayes 20, Noes 10 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 6 rejected, Ayes 21, Noes 10 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 27, Noes 5 `passage`
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2019-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-18-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2019-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2019-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2019-07-09T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 7-9-2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 7-10-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 14 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-10T05:00:00+00:00** Published 7-11-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3eef04e-47a7-48c6-b0c0-a3113cee5079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).