---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: grants for incumbent local exchange carriers for costs associated with Next Generation 911 and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: grants for incumbent local exchange carriers for costs associated with Next Generation 911 and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 356"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 356 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Callahan", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Kitchens", "Krug", "Kurtz", "Moses", "Novak", "Oldenburg", "Ortiz-Velez", "Petryk", "Rozar", "Schmidt", "Schraa", "Snyder", "Spiros", "Steffen", "Summerfield", "Swearingen", "Tranel", "VanderMeer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-07-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78a1c7c7-00c8-4b96-8e60-ae310d6816af"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab356"
source_hash: "64de3a3c2e4a9087b3ae35788b4a906f430e6a3c93204b3886b388eb5e95603c"
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 356 (2023) — Relating to: grants for incumbent local exchange carriers for costs associated with Next Generation 911 and making an appropriation. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB356-AA1)
2. **Assembly Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB356-AA2)
3. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB356)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 2 — **9–2** (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
- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 1 — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Callahan — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Kurtz — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Oldenburg — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
- Petryk — primary (person)
- Rozar — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Schraa — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Summerfield — primary (person)
- Swearingen — primary (person)
- Tranel — primary (person)
- VanderMeer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-17T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Kurtz, Novak, Armstrong, Callahan, Dittrich, Donovan, Kitchens, Krug, Moses, Oldenburg, Ortiz-Velez, Petryk, Schmidt, Schraa, Snyder, Spiros, Steffen, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tranel, VanderMeer and Rozar; cosponsored by Senators Testin, James, Marklein, Pfaff, Quinn and Cowles `introduction`
- **2023-07-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-26T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and referred to committee on State Affairs pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c) `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-20T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-12-27T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kurtz
- **2024-01-03T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Brooks added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Kurtz
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-18-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Shankland added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2024-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 30, Noes 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-15-2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 2)
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 222 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-28-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78a1c7c7-00c8-4b96-8e60-ae310d6816af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).