---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation grant program and a septage characterization study. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: the private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation grant program and a septage characterization study. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 84 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Cowles", "Jacque", "Marklein", "Smith", "Testin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e01763b8-1cb4-47c1-ba0e-ff18adedeab1"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb84"
source_hash: "741ac2d435ef87650d65b5c13ce0ce326e0ba457ba436dcd576892c29d75a5a7"
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 84 (2021) — Relating to: the private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation grant program and a septage characterization study. (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/SB84)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Smith — 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 Jacque, Testin, Ballweg, Cowles, Marklein and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Kurtz, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Doyle, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Petryk, Rozar, Summerfield and Cabrera `introduction`
- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 29, Noes 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-22-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Milroy added as a cosponsor
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2021-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-07-06T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 7-6-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 7-8-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 67 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 7-9-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e01763b8-1cb4-47c1-ba0e-ff18adedeab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).