---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: an addition to the 2021-23 Authorized State Building Program for the construction of additional columbarium units at the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: an addition to the 2021-23 Authorized State Building Program for the construction of additional columbarium units at the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 887"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 887 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billings", "Born", "Brooks", "Emerson", "James", "Mursau", "Novak", "Plumer", "Pope", "Schraa", "Sinicki", "Spreitzer", "Stubbs", "Swearingen", "VanderMeer", "Vos", "Vruwink", "Wittke"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac2d5702-154d-47d1-a289-99a0fedf3fad"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab887"
source_hash: "152c423971742cd2fe3059262acb5f222d1b18e03a7689bd59d2447c8ad93752"
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 887 (2021) — Relating to: an addition to the 2021-23 Authorized State Building Program for the construction of additional columbarium units at the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery. (FE)

## 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/AB887)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Billings — primary (person)
- Born — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Emerson — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Plumer — primary (person)
- Pope — primary (person)
- Schraa — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Stubbs — primary (person)
- Swearingen — primary (person)
- VanderMeer — primary (person)
- Vos — primary (person)
- Vruwink — primary (person)
- Wittke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Swearingen, Wittke, Vos, Born, Billings, Novak, Brooks, Emerson, James, Mursau, Plumer, Pope, Schraa, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, VanderMeer and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Jacque, Wanggaard, Ringhand, Ballweg and Carpenter `introduction`
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2022-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 9:00 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-15-2022 `enrolled`
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 229 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-9-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac2d5702-154d-47d1-a289-99a0fedf3fad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).