---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the construction of bridges in a shoreland setback area and vegetative buffer zone requirements."
description: "Relating to: the construction of bridges in a shoreland setback area and vegetative buffer zone requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 867"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 867 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felzkowski", "Stroebel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-13T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/821123c3-30c2-4ad1-914e-4ebbd5b963bc"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb867"
source_hash: "19e93e0ed974b190c6a90f97bb01b62f52a9db5bbb627e3234d8b5d8588f2c6d"
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 867 (2021) — Relating to: the construction of bridges in a shoreland setback area and vegetative buffer zone requirements.

## 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/SB867)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB867-SSA1-SA1)
3. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB867-SSA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Felzkowski and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Swearingen, Callahan and Dittrich `introduction`
- **2022-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Felzkowski
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Stafsholt added as a coauthor
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 3, Noes 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 3, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Felzkowski
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+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 9:08 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** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-15-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-18-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 200 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-19-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/821123c3-30c2-4ad1-914e-4ebbd5b963bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).