---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Evansville. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Evansville. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 787"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 787 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "L. Johnson", "Marklein", "Quinn", "Spreitzer", "Testin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab8d5783-0cf4-4ec3-87dc-f627543a6544"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb787"
source_hash: "fe536d678b48a5d7458bf54277b11ca68766f3f112a1094ea35978ca82864e30"
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 787 (2023) — Relating to: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Evansville. (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/SB787)
2. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB787-SSA1)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, Spreitzer, Ballweg, L. Johnson, Testin and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, C. Anderson, Hurd, Jacobson, S. Johnson, Ohnstad, Oldenburg, Tranel and VanderMeer `introduction`
- **2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-20T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Cowles added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+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 1 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 32, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from joint committee on Finance and take up
- **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, Ayes 98, Noes 1 `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`
- **2024-03-05T06:00:00+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 135 `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/ab8d5783-0cf4-4ec3-87dc-f627543a6544`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).