---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: Next Generation 911 and geographic information system grants and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: Next Generation 911 and geographic information system grants and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 673"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 673 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bewley", "Cowles", "Darling", "Felzkowski", "Marklein", "Petrowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-11-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59128aa9-a39e-4d4b-9346-33aa4ab827bc"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb673"
source_hash: "b59b85e778827300e13901d10117b1f6923f86410dc166c1d3c5dcb26ca89368"
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 673 (2021) — Relating to: Next Generation 911 and geographic information system grants and making an appropriation. (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/SB673)

## Votes

- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2 —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
- PASSAGE — **33–0** (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
- CONCURRENCE — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bewley — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, Darling, Ballweg, Bewley, Cowles, Petrowski and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives Loudenbeck, Sortwell, Kurtz, James, Andraca, Armstrong, Conley, Dittrich, Duchow, Kerkman, Kuglitsch, Moses, Mursau, L. Myers, Spreitzer, Subeck, VanderMeer and Vruwink `introduction`
- **2021-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Swearingen added as a cosponsor
- **2021-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **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)
- **2022-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor
- **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 passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `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, Ayes 92, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Hesselbein added as a cosponsor
- **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`
- **2022-04-14T05:00:00+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 261 `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/59128aa9-a39e-4d4b-9346-33aa4ab827bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).