---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: refusing or tampering with a global positioning system tracking device and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: refusing or tampering with a global positioning system tracking device and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 229"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 229 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Felzkowski", "Marklein", "Nass", "Testin", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/003c6cbd-7eee-4da2-86e6-54ae9e520f56"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb229"
source_hash: "9c23483da9b0190375b6eea855e144f2b990fe568020d796e47058781b533b7f"
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 229 (2021) — Relating to: refusing or tampering with a global positioning system tracking device and providing a penalty.

## 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/SB229)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Testin, Felzkowski, Ballweg, Marklein, Nass and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Callahan, Schraa, Bowen, Brandtjen, Brooks, Edming, Kitchens, Rozar, Snyder, Spiros and VanderMeer `introduction`
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **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 passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and 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** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **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 concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-21-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-21-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 140 `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-22-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/003c6cbd-7eee-4da2-86e6-54ae9e520f56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).