---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: prohibiting the use of a donation or grant of private resources for purposes of election administration and specifying who may perform tasks related to election administration (first consideration)."
description: "Relating to: prohibiting the use of a donation or grant of private resources for purposes of election administration and specifying who may perform tasks related to election administration (first consideration)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SJR 101"
citation: "Wisconsin SJR 101 (2021)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darling", "Feyen", "Roth", "Testin", "Wimberger"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f515868-e048-49be-ae4c-4abf56c77dc1"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/joint_resolution/sjr101"
source_hash: "6c0dca5e2da03dba2fcf7f2e28e9a83674b5d753057c355161fc234c978fd59e"
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 SJR 101 (2021) — Relating to: prohibiting the use of a donation or grant of private resources for purposes of election administration and specifying who may perform tasks related to election administration (first consideration).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Joint Resolution** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/enrolledbills/2021/REG/SJR101)
2. **Joint Resolution Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/SJR101)
3. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SJR101-SSA1)

## Votes

- INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT — **11–20** (fail) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **58–32** (pass) · lower
- ADOPTION — **21–11** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND — **58–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darling — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Roth — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Wimberger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Wimberger, Darling, Feyen, Roth and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives August, Vorpagel, Brooks, Armstrong, Behnke, Dallman, Dittrich, Gundrum, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Penterman, Petersen, Plumer, Rozar, Sanfelippo, Spiros, Steffen, Tittl, Wichgers and Wittke `introduction`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Allen added as a cosponsor
- **2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Ballweg added as a coauthor
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Jacque added as a coauthor
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Schraa added as a cosponsor
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption recommended by Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 3, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Marklein added as a coauthor
- **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** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **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 `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Refused to indefinitely postpone, Ayes 11, Noes 20
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Adopted, Ayes 21, Noes 11 `passage`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 8:17 AM on 2-24-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 30
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Spreitzer, Hebl, Emerson, Billings, Baldeh, Ohnstad, Neubauer, Conley, Andraca, Brostoff, Anderson, Haywood, Vining, Considine, McGuire, Pope, Doyle, Hong, Drake, Snodgrass and Hintz
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Point of order that Assembly Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Decision of the Chair appealed
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 58, Noes 32
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in, Ayes 58, Noes 32, Paired 4
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Deposited in the office of the Secretary of State on 4-15-2022
- **2022-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Published 6-16-2022. Enrolled Joint Resolution 17 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f515868-e048-49be-ae4c-4abf56c77dc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).