---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: maintenance and repair of private roads."
description: "Relating to: maintenance and repair of private roads."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 283"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 283 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f02c442-6149-490e-9894-dcb4ab3041a4"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb283"
source_hash: "74a9d6ce37abf8a0c9252870bca67fcd3c169716b9f5ec8937da73774667879d"
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 283 (2021) — Relating to: maintenance and repair of private roads.

## 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/SB283)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB283-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senator Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Summerfield, Knodl, Rozar and Skowronski `introduction`
- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-08-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-08-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-12T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Ballweg
- **2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-20-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-10-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-21T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-26-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-10-27T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-12-02T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 12-2-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-3-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 99 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-06T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-4-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f02c442-6149-490e-9894-dcb4ab3041a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).