---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: legislative redistricting."
description: "Relating to: legislative redistricting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 488"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 488 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cabral-Guevara", "Cowles", "Knodl", "Marklein", "Stroebel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-10-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36310eea-a7e7-4a00-85fe-0e583784d0a4"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb488"
source_hash: "740217423fa0c1bedb264d0b43bb606b65751beabcf405293307812e9f18fc3c"
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 488 (2023) — Relating to: legislative redistricting.

## 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/SB488)
2. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB488-SSA1)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **18–14** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **63–33** (pass) · lower
- Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 14 — **18–14** (pass) · upper
- Refused to refer to committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 10, Noes 22 — **10–22** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cabral-Guevara — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Knodl, Marklein, Cabral-Guevara, Stroebel and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Oldenburg, Novak, Tranel, Plumer, Mursau and Kitchens `introduction`
- **2023-10-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection and rereferred to committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator LeMahieu
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Refused to refer to committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 10, Noes 22
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 14 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 14 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **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, Ayes 63, Noes 33 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-13-2024 by directive of the Majority Leader `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-19-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 94 `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-20-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36310eea-a7e7-4a00-85fe-0e583784d0a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).