---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: a tax credit for transportation services for blind workers. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: a tax credit for transportation services for blind workers. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 398 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hesselbein", "Hutton", "Nass", "Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-08-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cac2f376-06c1-438b-bd14-21771ccda333"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb398"
source_hash: "8231fe19275fb5b46fe6605e51f0db6a2a7f3feabff3314bc36d4b0891a1aea8"
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 398 (2023) — Relating to: a tax credit for transportation services for blind workers. (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/SB398)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB398-SA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Universities and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **92–6** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Universities and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **30–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hesselbein — primary (person)
- Hutton — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Hutton, Nass, Hesselbein and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Armstrong, Andraca, Baldeh, Cabrera, Donovan, Goeben, S. Johnson, Magnafici, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Nedweski, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Schmidt, Sinicki, Subeck, Wichgers and Wittke `introduction`
- **2023-08-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Revenue `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Conley added as a cosponsor
- **2023-12-05T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-12-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Hutton
- **2023-12-20T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-12-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Universities and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-12-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Universities and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-20T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 30, Noes 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Cowles added as a coauthor
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 92, Noes 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-21-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 142 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-22-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cac2f376-06c1-438b-bd14-21771ccda333`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).