---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the threshold amount of timber sold from state, county, or community forests above which certain approval and notice requirements apply. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: the threshold amount of timber sold from state, county, or community forests above which certain approval and notice requirements apply. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 607"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 607 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bewley", "Cowles", "Felzkowski", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-10-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff9a6620-b6c8-4bc2-8f90-8791fed01978"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb607"
source_hash: "48a3b15625b7147096fc33b82b1b3acab7ab3322170cd52ad1f3fe4e6ae0626d"
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 607 (2021) — Relating to: the threshold amount of timber sold from state, county, or community forests above which certain approval and notice requirements apply. (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/SB607)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bewley — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Felzkowski, Bewley, Ballweg, Cowles and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, B. Meyers, Brooks, Callahan, Considine, Edming, Knodl, Milroy, Rozar, Swearingen, Tittl and Tusler `introduction`
- **2021-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Marklein added as a coauthor
- **2021-10-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-11-05T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-8-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-20-2022 by Committee on Rules
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-1-2022 by directive of the Majority Leader `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-4-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 128 `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-5-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff9a6620-b6c8-4bc2-8f90-8791fed01978`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).