---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: requiring the Department of Financial Institutions to study and report on establishing a section 529A ABLE savings account program. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: requiring the Department of Financial Institutions to study and report on establishing a section 529A ABLE savings account program. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 158"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 158 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Jacque"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f10a567a-1706-4038-804f-9643d6f8f720"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb158"
source_hash: "bb7161fa70dc53f43ee89c4a7d710b0d43653c50b11589a2c249930951e8cf6b"
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 158 (2021) — Relating to: requiring the Department of Financial Institutions to study and report on establishing a section 529A ABLE savings account program. (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/SB158)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Jacque and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Jagler, Loudenbeck, Moses, Murphy, Petryk, Rozar, Summerfield, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tusler and Wichgers `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-05-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-05-26T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Edming added as a cosponsor
- **2021-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-03T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-9-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Senators Carpenter and L. Taylor added as coauthors
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Subeck and Armstrong added as cosponsors
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor
- **2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-20-2022 by Committee on Rules
- **2022-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Vining, Shelton and Spreitzer added as cosponsors
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Hesselbein added as a cosponsor
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-1-2022 by directive of the Majority Leader `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-4-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 119 `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-5-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f10a567a-1706-4038-804f-9643d6f8f720`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).