---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: Department of Natural Resources' efforts to raise awareness about Lyme disease. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: Department of Natural Resources' efforts to raise awareness about Lyme disease. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 298 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carpenter", "Cowles", "Hansen", "Kapenga", "Larson", "Miller", "Olsen", "Petrowski", "Ringhand", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4ad2cbb-a2db-4834-a6f4-86da261a45e2"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb298"
source_hash: "ce8a998f3f6e61a84e8ebf49492c447214e4173bdb4df7b20a3de74fb33e8b9c"
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 298 (2019) — Relating to: Department of Natural Resources' efforts to raise awareness about Lyme disease. (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/SB298)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Kapenga — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles, Miller, Carpenter, Hansen, Kapenga, Larson, Olsen, Petrowski, Ringhand and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Milroy, Anderson, Considine, Crowley, Gruszynski, Hesselbein, Kulp, Kurtz, B. Meyers, Ohnstad, Ott, Pope, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Skowronski, Snyder, Spiros, Spreitzer, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt and Tusler `introduction`
- **2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Rohrkaste added as a cosponsor
- **2019-07-18T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-09-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-19T05:00:00+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** Senator Bernier added as a coauthor
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Bewley added as a coauthor
- **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 11:36 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 158 `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/f4ad2cbb-a2db-4834-a6f4-86da261a45e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).