---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: environmental pollution in an environmental remediation tax incremental district. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: environmental pollution in an environmental remediation tax incremental district. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 518"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 518 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bewley", "Cowles", "Feyen", "Jacque", "Petrowski"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-08-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d96fdf0-421b-4143-b475-971f1af2ede7"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb518"
source_hash: "01a4429ef936224073b957f4267a5bccbd500ffc897dcce209ee7b950fa3bf56"
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 518 (2021) — Relating to: environmental pollution in an environmental remediation tax incremental district. (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/SB518)
2. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB518-SSA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bewley — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-19T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles, Feyen, Petrowski, Bewley and Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Tittl, Ramthun, Rozar, Ohnstad, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, VanderMeer and Tusler `introduction`
- **2021-08-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-09-02T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-09-16T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Allen added as a cosponsor
- **2021-09-21T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Novak added as a cosponsor
- **2021-09-29T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles
- **2021-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-20-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Loudenbeck added as a cosponsor
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **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 29, Noes 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+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** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up
- **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, Ayes 93, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **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 149 `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/7d96fdf0-421b-4143-b475-971f1af2ede7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).