---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: electing to be a donor of an anatomical gift when filing income tax returns. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: electing to be a donor of an anatomical gift when filing income tax returns. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 868"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 868 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Feyen", "Marklein", "Taylor", "Tomczyk"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67bdb8fd-e3d4-4c70-95cb-e4c023995eb0"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb868"
source_hash: "dd733ee6058281b0ef5e6b63b20df19d2e703929757511855e213f095d918bed"
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 868 (2023) — Relating to: electing to be a donor of an anatomical gift when filing income tax returns. (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/SB868)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB868-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Feyen, Marklein, Taylor and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Sapik, Drake, Gustafson, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Myers, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Schmidt, Sinicki and Subeck `introduction`
- **2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Cowles added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Ballweg
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2024-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+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 10:41 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Representative C. Anderson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **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
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+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`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 187 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-23-2024 `became-law`
- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67bdb8fd-e3d4-4c70-95cb-e4c023995eb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).