---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: a pre-disaster flood resilience grant program. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: a pre-disaster flood resilience grant program. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 222"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 222 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cabral-Guevara", "Cowles", "Jacque", "James", "Quinn", "Spreitzer", "Testin", "Wimberger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea2e5619-2b31-4512-be07-7fb3094dd5fa"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb222"
source_hash: "68d2c19b1e6fa99e63731420b509b8eb2a2721ae320e1af6f779d02971c55b58"
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 222 (2023) — Relating to: a pre-disaster flood resilience grant program. (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/SB222)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cabral-Guevara — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Wimberger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Quinn, Cabral-Guevara, Cowles, Jacque, James, Spreitzer, Testin and Wimberger; cosponsored by Representatives Oldenburg, Novak, Andraca, Baldeh, Behnke, Conley, Edming, Green, Kitchens, Krug, Kurtz, Mursau, Palmeri, Rettinger, Shankland, Spiros and Subeck `introduction`
- **2023-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Joers and Billings added as cosponsors
- **2023-04-21T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Pfaff added as a coauthor
- **2023-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Representative C. Anderson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Hong added as a cosponsor
- **2023-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-05-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12T05:00:00+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** 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`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 10:10 AM on 1-25-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-29-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 265 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-4-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea2e5619-2b31-4512-be07-7fb3094dd5fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).