---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: creating a voluntary individual animal identification program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: creating a voluntary individual animal identification program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 737"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 737 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacque"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0e5a509-d9a8-4b5b-803f-528c96489961"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb737"
source_hash: "25618860e5e8d628e81f079cfe5a8995f4660d15d427d52aee7d5beda8822c34"
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 737 (2019) — Relating to: creating a voluntary individual animal identification program and granting rule-making authority. (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/SB737)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB737-SA1)
3. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB737-SA2)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jacque — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representative Tauchen `introduction`
- **2020-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2020-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Jacque `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **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 178 `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/b0e5a509-d9a8-4b5b-803f-528c96489961`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).