---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: changes to the electronic waste recycling program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: changes to the electronic waste recycling program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 248"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 248 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Agard", "Cowles", "L. Taylor", "Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3399913-bb32-45da-8870-b93ec7316720"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb248"
source_hash: "93b9eaaef40afc098b49d600b00a14dbdde7bfe79b94be45f000cc48ac01c87a"
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 248 (2021) — Relating to: changes to the electronic waste recycling program and granting rule-making authority. (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/SB248)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB248-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Agard — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles, Smith, Agard and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Gundrum, Novak, Oldenburg, Skowronski, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Hebl and Spreitzer `introduction`
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Cowles and Smith
- **2021-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27T05:00:00+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** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up
- **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, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-22-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2021-08-05T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 8-5-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 8-6-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 79 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 8-7-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3399913-bb32-45da-8870-b93ec7316720`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).