---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: indication of Hmong veteran status on an operator's license or identification card. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: indication of Hmong veteran status on an operator's license or identification card. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 385"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 385 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Behnke", "C. Anderson", "Cabrera", "Donovan", "Edming", "Gustafson", "Murphy", "Schmidt", "Shankland", "Snyder", "Sortwell", "Steffen", "Subeck", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-08-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3f1a38d-f186-46ed-8edb-3ffafa305e79"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab385"
source_hash: "507234d02786a04c1dee99f42a3c36da6d9101bb25404607251dfb0de41ba8de"
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 385 (2023) — Relating to: indication of Hmong veteran status on an operator's license or identification card. (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/2023/REG/AB385)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 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 recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Behnke — primary (person)
- C. Anderson — primary (person)
- Cabrera — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Gustafson — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Shankland — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Sortwell — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Behnke, C. Anderson, Donovan, Murphy, Schmidt, Shankland, Snyder, Steffen, Subeck, Wichgers, Cabrera, Gustafson and Edming; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Jacque, James, Larson, Smith, Taylor, Testin and Tomczyk `introduction`
- **2023-08-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-08-23T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor
- **2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor
- **2023-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Drake added as a coauthor
- **2023-11-29T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Tusler added as a coauthor
- **2023-12-05T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `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
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **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 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senators Wanggaard and Carpenter added as cosponsors
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Cowles added as a cosponsor
- **2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-15-2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 205 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-23-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3f1a38d-f186-46ed-8edb-3ffafa305e79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).