---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: a flood risk reduction pilot project and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: a flood risk reduction pilot project and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 252 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bewley", "Hansen", "Petrowski", "Ringhand", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-05-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c986f30-bdb9-4610-b5af-b0c9fe37caaa"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb252"
source_hash: "894d317fce032d785437fc88de48a48edf6f40dde699ff82262202b16fc1fbd8"
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 252 (2019) — Relating to: a flood risk reduction pilot project 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/SB252)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB252-SA1)
3. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB252-SSA1)
4. **Senate Substitute Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB252-SSA2)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 8, Noes 4 — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Report introduction of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bewley — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Bewley, Hansen, Ringhand and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Steineke, B. Meyers, Nygren, Anderson, Brostoff, Edming, Emerson, Kerkman, Milroy, Mursau, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ott, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, VanderMeer and Stubbs `introduction`
- **2019-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Vining added as a cosponsor
- **2019-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Loudenbeck added as a cosponsor
- **2019-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Petrowski `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-07-30T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
- **2019-08-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Gruszynski added as a cosponsor
- **2019-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2019-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-11-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report introduction of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 0
- **2019-11-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 8, Noes 4 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-11-04T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senator Petrowski `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table `amendment-deferral`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **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 passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-18-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **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 concurred in, Ayes 97, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Hesselbein added as a cosponsor
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 2)
- **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 157 `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/6c986f30-bdb9-4610-b5af-b0c9fe37caaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).