---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: driver education instruction related to work zone safety. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: driver education instruction related to work zone safety. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 591"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 591 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Cowles", "Spreitzer", "Taylor", "Testin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bd58d70-a5a1-46e2-8b5e-dc6f8fc3f840"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb591"
source_hash: "340c410e92da1931abae535dcb385e31f3f6f153727a2b6785f1e179ecd2bcd6"
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 591 (2023) — Relating to: driver education instruction related to work zone safety. (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/SB591)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Testin, Ballweg, Cowles, Taylor and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Callahan, Behnke, Emerson, Goeben, Nedweski, Penterman, Rozar, Sinicki, Snyder, Spiros, Wichgers, Edming and Dittrich `introduction`
- **2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-11-16T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-12-05T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-12-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+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** 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 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 11:23 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative VanderMeer
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-23T06:00:00+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`
- **2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-21-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 160 `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/3bd58d70-a5a1-46e2-8b5e-dc6f8fc3f840`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).