---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: first-degree reckless homicide and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: first-degree reckless homicide and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 101 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradley", "Hutton", "Nass", "Stroebel", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bef554c-bb3d-47d0-8a1b-495f9f8285ae"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb101"
source_hash: "0a69d3512219d3d17075c39b319b7e57d27accab9f9acf5cc9681bcf933a0402"
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 SB 101 (2023) — Relating to: first-degree reckless homicide and providing a penalty.

## 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/SB101)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **28–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradley — primary (person)
- Hutton — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Bradley, Hutton, Nass and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Allen, Knodl, Behnke, Bodden, Brooks, Duchow, Donovan, Gundrum, Murphy, Penterman, Rettinger, Rozar, Spiros, Steffen, O'Connor and Wichgers `introduction`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-22-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 28, Noes 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-7-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Sapik and Dittrich added as cosponsors
- **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
- **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 Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-08-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 8-2-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 8-4-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 29 `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-07T05:00:00+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/0bef554c-bb3d-47d0-8a1b-495f9f8285ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).