---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: funding for improvement of baseball park facilities and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: funding for improvement of baseball park facilities and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 439"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 439 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Binsfeld", "Brooks", "Duchow", "Melotik", "Michalski", "O'Connor", "Plumer", "Rozar", "Schmidt", "Swearingen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2023-09-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f5d78fb-43b9-4421-9c38-94fdc0023e91"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab439"
source_hash: "9540bbb02a811f86cc81ecd31382327316385a07a3a5a426732e40c701f80f9d"
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 439 (2023) — Relating to: funding for improvement of baseball park facilities 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/AB439-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB439)
3. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB439-SA1)
4. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB439-SA2)

## Votes

- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 1 — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND RULES — **25–7** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **69–27** (pass) · lower
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 1 — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 30, Noes 3 — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- Senate Amendment 2 concurred in, Ayes 72, Noes 26 — **72–26** (pass) · lower
- Senate Amendment 1 concurred in, Ayes 72, Noes 26 — **72–26** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 1 — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND THE RULES TO MESSSAGE TO THE ASSEMBL — **26–7** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Amendment 3 rejected, Ayes 22, Noes 10 — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **19–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Binsfeld — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Melotik — primary (person)
- Michalski — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Plumer — primary (person)
- Rozar — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Swearingen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Brooks, Duchow, Binsfeld, Rozar, O'Connor, Plumer, Melotik, Schmidt, Michalski and Swearingen; cosponsored by Senator Feyen `introduction`
- **2023-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-10-05T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brooks
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 69, Noes 27 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2023-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Feyen
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 3, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Feyen
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Larson, Carpenter and Taylor
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 3 offered by Senators Larson, Carpenter and Taylor
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 30, Noes 3
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 3 rejected, Ayes 22, Noes 10
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading, Ayes 25, Noes 7
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 19, Noes 14 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged, Ayes 26, Noes 7
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate Amendment 1 and Senate Amendment 2 adopted) `amendment-passage, receipt`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 concurred in, Ayes 72, Noes 26
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 concurred in, Ayes 72, Noes 26
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-16T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2023-11-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-16-2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-11-30T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-05T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-5-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 41 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-05T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-6-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f5d78fb-43b9-4421-9c38-94fdc0023e91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).