---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: use of fill in commercial waterways and Great Lakes waters."
description: "Relating to: use of fill in commercial waterways and Great Lakes waters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 541 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felzkowski", "Nass", "Quinn", "Stroebel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-10-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5834f361-1562-4842-9bd2-d3e5ff62c576"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb541"
source_hash: "e87fa86493900d57ef30e8c3c863c60ddb0ea22590f73ad7f2f086cb30c5f4d1"
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 541 (2023) — Relating to: use of fill in commercial waterways and Great Lakes waters.

## 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/SB541)
2. **Senate Substitute Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB541-SSA2)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **23–9** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-23T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Stroebel, Quinn, Nass and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Green, Binsfeld, Katsma, O'Connor, Murphy, Goeben and Melotik `introduction`
- **2023-10-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Stroebel
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senator Stroebel
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 2 adopted `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 23, Noes 8 `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
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+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** LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 2)
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 247 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-28-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5834f361-1562-4842-9bd2-d3e5ff62c576`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).