---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: membership in county land conservation committees."
description: "Relating to: membership in county land conservation committees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 131"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 131 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Behnke", "Bodden", "C. Anderson", "Edming", "Kurtz", "Moses", "Mursau", "Novak", "Oldenburg", "Penterman", "Rozar", "Schutt", "Tranel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-04T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8612187f-3529-4da1-8ad5-22d7071a0dc1"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab131"
source_hash: "2c8840660e2ab4925006d92b0d5f84a966464f494a200be31e01cc8b7a0e4bac"
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 AB 131 (2023) — Relating to: membership in county land conservation committees.

## 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/2023/REG/AB131)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Bodden — primary (person)
- C. Anderson — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Kurtz — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Oldenburg — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- Rozar — primary (person)
- Schutt — primary (person)
- Tranel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Schutt, Armstrong, C. Anderson, Behnke, Bodden, Edming, Kurtz, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Penterman, Rozar and Tranel; cosponsored by Senators Ballweg, Cowles, Marklein, Nass, Pfaff, Spreitzer, Testin and Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor
- **2023-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Considine added as a coauthor
- **2023-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 14, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 4-18-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Shelton added as a coauthor
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2023-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-7-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 6-9-2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-08-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 8-2-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-04T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 8-4-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 32 `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-04T05:00:00+00:00** Published 8-5-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8612187f-3529-4da1-8ad5-22d7071a0dc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).