---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: publication of Elections Commission meeting minutes."
description: "Relating to: publication of Elections Commission meeting minutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 208"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 208 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bradley", "Darling", "Felzkowski", "Feyen", "Marklein", "Roth", "Stroebel", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-24T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/833fca48-8e6c-419b-92fa-677db3a4cb31"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb208"
source_hash: "fb60a07a0e5ae0b24e5cd3119d246b4b19e4600147355effe92e50fc1a1c6cca"
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 208 (2021) — Relating to: publication of Elections Commission meeting minutes.

## 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/SB208)
2. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB208-SA2)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bradley — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Roth — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Stroebel, Darling, Roth, Feyen, Marklein, Wanggaard, Bradley, Ballweg and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives Neylon, Magnafici, Edming, Steffen, Kerkman, Knodl, Spiros, Krug, Brooks, Loudenbeck, Gundrum, Kuglitsch, Murphy, Wichgers, VanderMeer and Macco `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Stroebel
- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Stroebel and Bernier
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 4-14-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-05-20T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 5-20-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 5-21-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 38 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Published 5-22-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/833fca48-8e6c-419b-92fa-677db3a4cb31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).