---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: allowing a school board member to serve as a volunteer school bus driver."
description: "Relating to: allowing a school board member to serve as a volunteer school bus driver."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 233"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 233 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bare", "Behnke", "Brandtjen", "Cabrera", "Conley", "Considine", "Emerson", "Green", "Joers", "Kitchens", "Murphy", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Palmeri", "Penterman", "S. Johnson", "Stubbs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-04T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5841d32-2f1f-4810-b6e9-beaaef381a1c"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab233"
source_hash: "f1e0819df46ba7eabd8f1cab55cb54d79bcbbf4c6278cf270649fc5708300447"
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 233 (2023) — Relating to: allowing a school board member to serve as a volunteer school bus driver.

## 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/AB233)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 11, Noes 0 — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bare — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Brandtjen — primary (person)
- Cabrera — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Considine — primary (person)
- Emerson — primary (person)
- Green — primary (person)
- Joers — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Palmeri — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Stubbs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives S. Johnson, Kitchens, Bare, Behnke, Brandtjen, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Green, Joers, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Mursau, Stubbs and Palmeri; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Hesselbein, Ballweg, Cowles, Felzkowski, Feyen, Roys, Spreitzer, Stroebel, Tomczyk and Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2023-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- **2023-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor
- **2023-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor
- **2023-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 11, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-21-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2023-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2023-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-28-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 6-29-2023 `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 26 `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/e5841d32-2f1f-4810-b6e9-beaaef381a1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).