---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: ambulance assessment program supplemental reimbursements, payment of administrative costs, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: ambulance assessment program supplemental reimbursements, payment of administrative costs, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 157"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 157 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Felzkowski", "James", "Marklein", "Quinn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86281e0f-7b77-42a9-8a8e-4176b52d770f"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb157"
source_hash: "9caa6e489d786ab660cbfa3fbb1bd3c638a0c8b773fdc3ae11597318958edb63"
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 157 (2023) — Relating to: ambulance assessment program supplemental reimbursements, payment of administrative costs, and making an appropriation. (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/SB157)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB157-SA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Felzkowski, Cowles, James, Marklein and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Dallman, Armstrong, Binsfeld, Brooks, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Green, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Plumer, Rozar, Schmidt, Swearingen and Tittl `introduction`
- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Oldenburg added as a cosponsor
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Felzkowski
- **2023-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-7-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from joint committee on Finance and take up
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-21-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Cabrera and Andraca added as cosponsors
- **2023-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- **2023-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **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 concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- **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 30 `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/86281e0f-7b77-42a9-8a8e-4176b52d770f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).