---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: a statewide urban search and rescue task force, regional emergency response teams, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: a statewide urban search and rescue task force, regional emergency response teams, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 374"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 374 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bernier", "Bewley", "Feyen", "Jacque", "Nass", "Ringhand", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-05-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd5fea3b-79eb-4e7c-9637-13dc0e49cab6"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb374"
source_hash: "87993d9de46d197b299c13ee91386e682cec208fe4718328717fe8e4f1beee6a"
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 374 (2021) — Relating to: a statewide urban search and rescue task force, regional emergency response teams, and making an appropriation. (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/SB374)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB374-SA1)

## Votes

- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bernier — primary (person)
- Bewley — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Wanggaard, Bernier, Bewley, Feyen, Jacque, Nass and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Loudenbeck, Dallman, Born, James, Kerkman, Milroy, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Petersen, Plumer, Shankland, Sortwell, Spreitzer, Thiesfeldt and Tusler `introduction`
- **2021-05-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-07-19T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Ballweg
- **2021-07-20T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor
- **2021-08-18T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Schraa added as a cosponsor
- **2021-08-26T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- **2021-09-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-09-01T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2021-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Cowles added as a coauthor
- **2021-09-16T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Knodl added as a cosponsor
- **2021-09-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-24T05:00:00+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 5, Noes 0
- **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, Ayes 30, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **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 concurred in, Ayes 97, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-09-29T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2021-10-08T05:00:00+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 104 `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/dd5fea3b-79eb-4e7c-9637-13dc0e49cab6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).