---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the use of billboards to recruit Department of Corrections employees. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: the use of billboards to recruit Department of Corrections employees. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 399"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 399 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felzkowski", "L. Taylor", "Marklein", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbda07fb-390c-40a9-be5c-01a65e47a96e"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb399"
source_hash: "fe5e28bf9589e03e4dff44ba845f43084182c9c675442e33301fd9542930c7d7"
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 399 (2021) — Relating to: the use of billboards to recruit Department of Corrections employees. (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/SB399)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Marklein — 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 Wanggaard, Felzkowski, Marklein and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives James, Callahan, Bowen, Snyder, Schraa, Brandtjen, Edming, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Mursau, L. Myers, Plumer, Rozar, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Thiesfeldt, Tittl and Horlacher `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`
- **2021-07-28T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-09-29T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-11-05T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-8-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+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
- **2022-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Cabrera added as a coauthor
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **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** Representative Hesselbein added as a cosponsor
- **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 145 `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/dbda07fb-390c-40a9-be5c-01a65e47a96e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).