---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: allowing a tactical emergency medical services professional to carry a firearm in prohibited areas. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: allowing a tactical emergency medical services professional to carry a firearm in prohibited areas. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 829"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 829 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cabral-Guevara", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-12-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/647f984b-f918-4a75-b1ca-a2f44efcadac"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb829"
source_hash: "9f63c1fa1fb05093d131c25c2e728a5b6c40db0de9fbc8c493aec40a9aab0949"
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 829 (2023) — Relating to: allowing a tactical emergency medical services professional to carry a firearm in prohibited areas. (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/SB829)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB829-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cabral-Guevara — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Wanggaard and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Behnke, Bodden, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Gundrum, Magnafici, Murphy, Ortiz-Velez and Schraa `introduction`
- **2023-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard
- **2024-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate 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 `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 first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-15-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives O'Connor and Michalski added as cosponsors
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-26-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 218 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-27-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/647f984b-f918-4a75-b1ca-a2f44efcadac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).