---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways and required real estate disclosures."
description: "Relating to: the presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways and required real estate disclosures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 46 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bewley", "Cowles", "Felzkowski", "Marklein", "Nass", "Stafsholt", "Stroebel", "Testin", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45c05a34-134d-47cb-ac7d-4b2fb1d9d040"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb46"
source_hash: "c543bf9f889b0159fc7f2c941a21b806f572eaaa402b62af67e6d0bc430dd18d"
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 46 (2021) — Relating to: the presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways and required real estate disclosures.

## 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/SB46)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND RULES TO WITHDRAW AND TAKE UP — **56–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bewley — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Stafsholt — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Stafsholt, Testin, Bewley, Cowles, Felzkowski, Marklein, Nass, Stroebel and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Murphy, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Moses, Plumer, Rozar, Sanfelippo, Tauchen, Wichgers and Zimmerman `introduction`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Allen added as a cosponsor
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-23-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from Senate message and take up, Ayes 56, Noes 36
- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2021-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 6-11-2021 by directive of the Majority Leader `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 6-18-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 47 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Published 6-19-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45c05a34-134d-47cb-ac7d-4b2fb1d9d040`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).