---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: a technology and innovation hub grant to BioForward, Inc., and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: a technology and innovation hub grant to BioForward, Inc., and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 894"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 894 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Felzkowski", "Quinn", "Smith", "Spreitzer", "Stroebel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79c1c69f-c4b0-4c70-9ea0-518c4fdecd98"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb894"
source_hash: "2f0ed6ec604d35e6f0ad57f873b590cb2f4bdd7335c511fd9a16ffbb58ab723d"
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 894 (2023) — Relating to: a technology and innovation hub grant to BioForward, Inc., and making an appropriation. (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/SB894)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Stroebel, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Quinn, Smith and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Nedweski, Zimmerman, Gustafson, C. Anderson, Armstrong, Dittrich, Duchow, Goeben, Gundrum, Kitchens, Macco, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Petryk, Rettinger, Sapik and Steffen `introduction`
- **2024-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Pfaff added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02T06:00:00+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** 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 31, Noes 1 `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
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-19-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-21-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 96 `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-22-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79c1c69f-c4b0-4c70-9ea0-518c4fdecd98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).