---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: regulating scrap dealer purchases of catalytic converters. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: regulating scrap dealer purchases of catalytic converters. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 408"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 408 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bernier", "Cowles", "L. Taylor", "Larson", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6239e967-c42c-4170-af39-1c25f17eff7d"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb408"
source_hash: "ec81d07261862e29f533c33dcc310c55195d0acc22e82a377504722e76536c11"
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 408 (2021) — Relating to: regulating scrap dealer purchases of catalytic converters. (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/SB408)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bernier — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Bernier, L. Taylor, Ballweg, Cowles, Larson and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Moses, James, Doyle, Brandtjen, Billings, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Emerson, Gundrum, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Novak, Rozar, Snyder, Sortwell, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Wichgers and Tusler `introduction`
- **2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor
- **2021-08-05T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor
- **2021-08-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-08-25T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Hong added as a cosponsor
- **2021-09-08T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-09-21T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Vining added as a cosponsor
- **2021-10-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-10-06T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-06T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-20-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 31, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-12-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor
- **2021-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** 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** 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** Representatives Subeck, Hesselbein and Shankland added as cosponsors
- **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`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-15-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-17-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 189 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-18-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6239e967-c42c-4170-af39-1c25f17eff7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).