---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: full-time open enrollment to attend a fully virtual program offered by a nonresident school district during the 2021-22 school year. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: full-time open enrollment to attend a fully virtual program offered by a nonresident school district during the 2021-22 school year. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 109"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 109 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Feyen", "Testin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f74b1ece-60fd-4563-a105-ed01d8ff0237"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb109"
source_hash: "65c80935e34a762e554afe48883ad50128199cf9dc03788f63f0fd355831329b"
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 109 (2021) — Relating to: full-time open enrollment to attend a fully virtual program offered by a nonresident school district during the 2021-22 school year. (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/SB109)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Testin and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Duchow, Kitchens, Thiesfeldt and Skowronski `introduction`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Ramthun added as a cosponsor
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-25-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-26-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 18 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-27-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f74b1ece-60fd-4563-a105-ed01d8ff0237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).