---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: liability exemption for the provision of previously owned eyeglasses."
description: "Relating to: liability exemption for the provision of previously owned eyeglasses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 535"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 535 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Jacque"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-08-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f45922c8-776c-4ab1-b47d-1c50332da178"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb535"
source_hash: "86d661b8140ae09588419063cbcf16f94dc1d844a07babf88f712b6aea9294ad"
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 535 (2021) — Relating to: liability exemption for the provision of previously owned eyeglasses.

## 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/SB535)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Jacque and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Tittl, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, Horlacher, Mursau, Rozar, Subeck and Thiesfeldt `introduction`
- **2021-08-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-09-03T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor
- **2021-09-09T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Knodl added as a cosponsor
- **2022-01-03T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Goyke added as a cosponsor
- **2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-15-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 8:21 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-14-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-15-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 257 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-16-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f45922c8-776c-4ab1-b47d-1c50332da178`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).