---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: reorganizing the crimes commonly known as “carjacking” and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: reorganizing the crimes commonly known as “carjacking” and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 76 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bradley", "Feyen", "James", "Marklein", "Nass", "Stroebel", "Testin", "Tomczyk", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3e84a36-ea0d-4d44-9a76-6d4867cd2a1d"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb76"
source_hash: "1bebfba12e01f39bc927e863f31f66fe0c48ddf0bf41eda6913349fa5010c05b"
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 76 (2023) — Relating to: reorganizing the crimes commonly known as “carjacking” and providing a penalty.

## 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/SB76)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **80–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bradley — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators James, Ballweg, Bradley, Feyen, Marklein, Nass, Stroebel, Testin, Tomczyk and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Allen, Armstrong, Behnke, Brandtjen, Brooks, Donovan, Duchow, Edming, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Krug, Michalski, Moses, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Rettinger, Rozar, Snyder and Steffen `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-22-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 23, Noes 8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 4-18-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 80, Noes 18 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-04-21T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2023-04-21T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 5-4-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 5-10-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 10 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Published 5-11-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3e84a36-ea0d-4d44-9a76-6d4867cd2a1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).