---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: counting convictions and findings for the purpose of the sex offender registry and notifications."
description: "Relating to: counting convictions and findings for the purpose of the sex offender registry and notifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 874"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 874 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felzkowski", "Jacque", "James", "Nass", "Tomczyk", "Wimberger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57a7c5df-1abe-4d1e-bbca-1eb4270606e1"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb874"
source_hash: "014f6c8cdb1c0f44b80a8a6fdb523c4d02045467f16f8bea32bf653e7dffcb24"
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 874 (2023) — Relating to: counting convictions and findings for the purpose of the sex offender registry and notifications.

## 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/SB874)
2. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB874-SA2)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2 — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2 — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **24–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)
- Wimberger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Wimberger, Felzkowski, Jacque, James, Nass and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Born, Behnke, Binsfeld, Dallman, Dittrich, Donovan, Duchow, Goeben, Gundrum, Gustafson, Hurd, Maxey, Michalski, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Rettinger, Schmidt, Summerfield, VanderMeer, Shankland and Melotik `introduction`
- **2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Brandtjen added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Wimberger
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+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 Amendment 2 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 24, Noes 8 `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** Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor
- **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`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-29-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 254 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-23-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57a7c5df-1abe-4d1e-bbca-1eb4270606e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).