---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the sales tax exemption for entertainment admission sales by nonprofit organizations. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: the sales tax exemption for entertainment admission sales by nonprofit organizations. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 569"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 569 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Roys"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-09-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f5b6d3d-d64e-40a6-8f86-b0d44809a3ff"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb569"
source_hash: "8a18d1196dd55246217aac7444a3190b5be5faf7b1b968c8ede293d8862f35ff"
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 569 (2021) — Relating to: the sales tax exemption for entertainment admission sales by nonprofit organizations. (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/SB569)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Roys — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Ballweg and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Petersen, Edming, Horlacher, Sinicki and Cabrera `introduction`
- **2021-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Conley added as a cosponsor
- **2022-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+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, Ayes 32, Noes 0 `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 8:26 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`
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-10-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-11-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 167 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-12-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f5b6d3d-d64e-40a6-8f86-b0d44809a3ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).