---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: monitoring extension and outreach hours of certain University of Wisconsin System faculty and academic staff who provide extension services in applied agricultural research. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: monitoring extension and outreach hours of certain University of Wisconsin System faculty and academic staff who provide extension services in applied agricultural research. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 79 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Marklein", "Nass", "Petrowski", "Stroebel", "Testin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df5c1b87-c0eb-4b8d-9ca2-4593ec61c1e0"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb79"
source_hash: "38c81b2ecd91af86297385ebcaa47a8e8eaa89917cad5650178cd7b043f0cb5b"
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 79 (2021) — Relating to: monitoring extension and outreach hours of certain University of Wisconsin System faculty and academic staff who provide extension services in applied agricultural research. (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/SB79)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB79-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 1 — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, Ballweg, Nass, Petrowski, Testin and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Loudenbeck, Murphy, Novak, Tauchen, Tranel, VanderMeer, Oldenburg and Snyder `introduction`
- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Edming added as a cosponsor
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor
- **2021-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Smith added as a coauthor
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-23-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Steffen and Kurtz added as cosponsors
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-25-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-26-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 11 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-27-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df5c1b87-c0eb-4b8d-9ca2-4593ec61c1e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).