---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: nonprobate transfers of farming implements at death. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: nonprobate transfers of farming implements at death. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 893"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 893 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63cc7bb2-d6db-4f93-8ebc-bd82b8e6d9eb"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb893"
source_hash: "79e96fe73fc80aefb280d680836820bff9f52ea1fd731e1491fd28e799367729"
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 893 (2021) — Relating to: nonprobate transfers of farming implements at death. (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/SB893)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB893-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senator Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Macco, Tauchen, Gundrum, Krug, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Moses, Oldenburg, Penterman and Edming `introduction`
- **2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Ballweg
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Plumer and Vruwink added as cosponsors
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Considine added as a cosponsor
- **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 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 9:11 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** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up
- **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, Ayes 96, Noes 0 `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 201 `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/63cc7bb2-d6db-4f93-8ebc-bd82b8e6d9eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).