---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: extending the time during which tax increments may be allocated and expenditures for project costs may be made for Tax Incremental District Number 2 in the city of Wisconsin Dells and extending the time during which expenditures for project costs may be made for Tax Incremental District Number 3 in the city of Wisconsin Dells."
description: "Relating to: extending the time during which tax increments may be allocated and expenditures for project costs may be made for Tax Incremental District Number 2 in the city of Wisconsin Dells and extending the time during which expenditures for project costs may be made for Tax Incremental District Number 3 in the city of Wisconsin Dells."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 252 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Marklein"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/100796c0-7dd6-4b31-b744-49b78917de34"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb252"
source_hash: "38310c8bfdfea137115cb9cbca5584946ea58d24529b79757e73c9f0c9a073a5"
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 252 (2021) — Relating to: extending the time during which tax increments may be allocated and expenditures for project costs may be made for Tax Incremental District Number 2 in the city of Wisconsin Dells and extending the time during which expenditures for project costs may be made for Tax Incremental District Number 3 in the city of Wisconsin Dells.

## 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/SB252)
2. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB252-SSA1)

## Votes

- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Ballweg and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Dallman, Kurtz, Skowronski, Steffen, Tittl and Tusler `introduction`
- **2021-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-09-29T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Ballweg
- **2022-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Ballweg
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **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 passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-17-2022 by Committee on Rules
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 94, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
- **2022-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-3-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-4-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 142 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-5-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/100796c0-7dd6-4b31-b744-49b78917de34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).