---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: designating STH 21 as a Purple Heart Memorial Highway. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: designating STH 21 as a Purple Heart Memorial Highway. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 345"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 345 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Felzkowski", "Feyen", "Jacque", "Marklein", "Nass", "Pfaff", "Ringhand", "Testin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-11-12T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de821f3e-2a02-4e1d-bb8c-83b6f5a2e423"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb345"
source_hash: "c18f8f16c521145796fae329080e62a8308586d521c4bb097a959e038e41c7ed"
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 345 (2021) — Relating to: designating STH 21 as a Purple Heart Memorial Highway. (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/SB345)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB345-SA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Pfaff — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, Testin, Feyen, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Jacque, Nass, Pfaff and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, VanderMeer, Cabral-Guevara, Krug, Dallman, Oldenburg, Anderson, Callahan, Hesselbein, Kuglitsch, Murphy, Mursau, Schraa, Skowronski, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Wichgers, Hintz, Tusler and Spreitzer `introduction`
- **2021-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Considine added as a cosponsor
- **2021-09-07T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-09-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2021-09-16T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2021-09-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-09-22T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-22T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-22T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 9-28-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-09-30T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
- **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** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
- **2021-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-9-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-11-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 91 `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-12-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de821f3e-2a02-4e1d-bb8c-83b6f5a2e423`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).