---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: allowing dogs on the premises of certain retail food establishments."
description: "Relating to: allowing dogs on the premises of certain retail food establishments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 298 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Feyen", "Roth"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b02ff0a6-bd07-469a-9e1a-478379bf2238"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb298"
source_hash: "b7eb6d17060d41ea574e5e2e7fef960b98c942b08c997a92ebfb79684513ff22"
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 298 (2021) — Relating to: allowing dogs on the premises of certain retail food establishments.

## 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/SB298)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB298-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues, Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Roth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Roth, Ballweg and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Cabral-Guevara, Sortwell, Schraa, Wichgers, Magnafici, Tranel, Knodl, Edming, Bowen and Sinicki `introduction`
- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-21T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-10-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-10-21T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues, Ayes 3, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-21T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-10-22T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Roth
- **2021-10-22T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-25-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+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
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+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** 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`
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+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 143 `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/b02ff0a6-bd07-469a-9e1a-478379bf2238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).