---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the method of sending notices by pawnbrokers and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions."
description: "Relating to: the method of sending notices by pawnbrokers and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 653"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 653 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["August", "Dittrich", "Kuglitsch", "Loudenbeck", "Schraa", "Spiros", "Thiesfeldt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c534d8e4-1381-4cca-b44f-180de61ab34c"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab653"
source_hash: "6869c32041abbd5ac474175223293d71806908b93483f5cf223fc48b7b206283"
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 AB 653 (2021) — Relating to: the method of sending notices by pawnbrokers and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/AB653)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- August — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Loudenbeck — primary (person)
- Schraa — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-22T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives August, Loudenbeck, Spiros, Dittrich, Kuglitsch, Schraa and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senator Stafsholt `introduction`
- **2021-10-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Knodl added as a coauthor
- **2021-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 by Committee on Rules
- **2022-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Cabrera added as a coauthor
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-1-2022 `enrolled`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-15-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-18-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 203 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-19-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c534d8e4-1381-4cca-b44f-180de61ab34c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).