---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: special observance days in schools."
description: "Relating to: special observance days in schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 398 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradley", "Cowles", "Felzkowski", "Nass", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28df531b-3ab9-46fc-844d-997a77568820"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb398"
source_hash: "850b28d1c8bacc962f73f8588377d45ec4e8d5147b0b838515ad4f236ea7248a"
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 398 (2021) — Relating to: special observance days in schools.

## 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/SB398)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradley — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Bradley, Cowles, Felzkowski, Nass and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives James, Armstrong, Behnke, Brandtjen, Brooks, Callahan, Dallman, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Moses, Pronschinske, Rozar, Skowronski, Snyder, Spiros, Subeck, Mursau and Tusler `introduction`
- **2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor
- **2021-08-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 9-28-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-09-27T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Kurtz added as a cosponsor
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **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 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`
- **2021-09-29T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ramthun added as a cosponsor
- **2021-10-21T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 by Committee on Rules
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-30-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-31-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 213 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-1-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28df531b-3ab9-46fc-844d-997a77568820`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).