---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: declaring discriminatory restrictions in instruments that affect real property void and unenforceable and allowing an owner of real property to discharge and release such a discriminatory restriction. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: declaring discriminatory restrictions in instruments that affect real property void and unenforceable and allowing an owner of real property to discharge and release such a discriminatory restriction. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 439 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Carpenter", "Jacque", "L. Johnson", "Larson", "Roys", "Spreitzer", "Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/125bb47b-6a07-4f32-9e95-50b2c3c6688c"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb439"
source_hash: "abf27d2694c580ae93eadf99df9fed02647710f76152068628123438521ca2c6"
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 439 (2023) — Relating to: declaring discriminatory restrictions in instruments that affect real property void and unenforceable and allowing an owner of real property to discharge and release such a discriminatory restriction. (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/SB439)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB439-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Roys — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-20T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Ballweg, L. Johnson, Carpenter, Jacque, Larson, Roys, Spreitzer and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Haywood, Allen, Armstrong, Binsfeld, C. Anderson, Cabrera, Conley, Dittrich, Donovan, Emerson, Goeben, Goyke, Gustafson, Jacobson, Joers, Krug, Murphy, Myers, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Snodgrass, Spiros, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining, Mursau and Drake `introduction`
- **2023-09-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-21T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Clancy added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-03T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Madison added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Bare added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Ballweg
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 3, Noes 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Baldeh added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Cowles added as a coauthor
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **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 `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`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 210 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-23-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/125bb47b-6a07-4f32-9e95-50b2c3c6688c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).