---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: allowing certain municipalities to increase the rate of the premier resort area tax. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: allowing certain municipalities to increase the rate of the premier resort area tax. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 451"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 451 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Marklein", "Quinn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-09-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f5c3396-8804-45be-a964-e3f8858a5638"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb451"
source_hash: "d5ea4050f3318394fc931511fecfb8a76a1ba121a0acaa3657dcfbc170ee119b"
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 451 (2023) — Relating to: allowing certain municipalities to increase the rate of the premier resort area tax. (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/SB451)
2. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB451-SSA1)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 1 — **14–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-20T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Marklein and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Dallman, Kurtz, Donovan, Novak, O'Connor and Melotik `introduction`
- **2023-09-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-09-27T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Ballweg
- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on the foot of the 14th order of business on the calendar of 11-14-2023
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+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** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **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`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+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 134 `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/0f5c3396-8804-45be-a964-e3f8858a5638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).