---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain improvements to properties and collection of the debt by special charge."
description: "Relating to: loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain improvements to properties and collection of the debt by special charge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 692"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 692 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4a2836c-e6d7-45f5-b271-9d1da444cd22"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb692"
source_hash: "69ec92ebd87af6ac8d46de2ec7ca815b8ae5e842996c68f2f8fcdd7e1e782ecf"
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 692 (2021) — Relating to: loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain improvements to properties and collection of the debt by special charge.

## 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/SB692)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB692-SA1)
3. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB692-SA2)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senator Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt and Ramthun `introduction`
- **2021-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Stroebel and Cowles
- **2022-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Cowles
- **2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor
- **2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Cowles
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+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** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **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 8:43 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** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 2)
- **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 175 `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/a4a2836c-e6d7-45f5-b271-9d1da444cd22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).