---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: emergency contact records maintained by the Department of Transportation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: emergency contact records maintained by the Department of Transportation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 35 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Carpenter", "Feyen", "James", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a693254-f4c0-4654-b40e-43041fb13760"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb35"
source_hash: "602667f792c4c7606af268ecbd180b34bc35d889be38b6aa03d593d9926baeed"
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 35 (2023) — Relating to: emergency contact records maintained by the Department of Transportation. (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/SB35)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB35-SA1)
3. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB35-SA2)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators James, Ballweg, Carpenter, Feyen and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Oldenburg, Pronschinske, Baldeh, Behnke, Donovan, Duchow, Gundrum, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Sapik, Spiros, VanderMeer and Shankland `introduction`
- **2023-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
- **2023-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10T05:00:00+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** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Nass and James
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 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 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and 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** Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **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 concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 2)
- **2023-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-11-30T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 57 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-7-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a693254-f4c0-4654-b40e-43041fb13760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).