---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: property tax exemption for regional planning commissions. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: property tax exemption for regional planning commissions. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 560"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 560 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bewley", "Cowles", "Darling", "Feyen", "Petrowski"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-09-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81d006a6-07d4-414d-8dd5-1fd6682497ee"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb560"
source_hash: "ccfdf947582a735f6b143014b1f535b8bfacd2f056cd94048f6fab4d1519709e"
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 560 (2021) — Relating to: property tax exemption for regional planning commissions. (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/SB560)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB560-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bewley — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Ballweg, Bewley, Cowles, Darling and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Magnafici, Armstrong, Edming, B. Meyers, Milroy, Moses, Novak and Tittl `introduction`
- **2021-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-09-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-09-22T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-11-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Petrowski
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **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 passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **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** 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 151 `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/81d006a6-07d4-414d-8dd5-1fd6682497ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).