---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: state aid for prizes awarded at local fairs. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: state aid for prizes awarded at local fairs. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 311"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 311 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Feyen", "Marklein", "Spreitzer", "Stroebel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-05-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/170df87d-3b80-45ce-874e-d1b7ec03c9d7"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb311"
source_hash: "42c6287a0b3bdb51905122111c0bd7f79e9e4e226080f1e7e1b1088352720d6b"
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 311 (2023) — Relating to: state aid for prizes awarded at local fairs. (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/SB311)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Feyen, Marklein, Spreitzer and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Schutt, Armstrong, Behnke, Edming, Green, Magnafici, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Plumer, Schmidt, Summerfield, Tittl and Shankland `introduction`
- **2023-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Stafsholt added as a coauthor
- **2023-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-07-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-08-30T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-08-31T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-31T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 9-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-09-21T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Conley added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Representative C. Anderson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 244 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-28-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/170df87d-3b80-45ce-874e-d1b7ec03c9d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).