---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: a new juvenile correctional facility in Milwaukee County and granting bonding authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: a new juvenile correctional facility in Milwaukee County and granting bonding authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 520"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 520 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Carpenter", "Felzkowski", "Johnson", "L. Taylor", "Larson", "Petrowski", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-08-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f4f64ae-c83e-4c29-a08f-254fc9225bba"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb520"
source_hash: "586d16135c3f4e97c6060dd05f10e891435898e2c128c20395eb5438b3655d6f"
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 520 (2021) — Relating to: a new juvenile correctional facility in Milwaukee County and granting bonding authority. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB520-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/SB520)

## Votes

- Report concurrence of Assembly Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Felzkowski, L. Taylor, Ballweg, Carpenter, Johnson, Larson and Petrowski; cosponsored by Representatives Schraa, Callahan, Goyke, Bowen, Andraca, Baldeh, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Dittrich, Drake, Haywood, Hebl, Magnafici, Mursau, Neubauer, Pope, Rozar, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Steffen, Subeck, Tauchen, Tusler, Vining and Stubbs `introduction`
- **2021-08-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Darling added as a coauthor
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Snyder added as a cosponsor
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **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 passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Schraa and Born
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 90, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Allen added as a cosponsor
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage, receipt`
- **2022-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence of Assembly Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Senator L. Taylor
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 rejected
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 252 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-9-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f4f64ae-c83e-4c29-a08f-254fc9225bba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).