---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: early literacy programs administered by the Department of Public Instruction."
description: "Relating to: early literacy programs administered by the Department of Public Instruction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 971"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 971 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stroebel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8a6122e-165d-4046-bfeb-4222acb79f47"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb971"
source_hash: "dbdecea70bdfcb325e27b8346c18ebe8c78948899fd6898ecae7af75d734e793"
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 971 (2023) — Relating to: early literacy programs administered by the Department of Public Instruction.

## 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/SB971)
2. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB971-SA2)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stroebel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senator Stroebel; cosponsored by Representative Wittke `introduction`
- **2024-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Stroebel
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Stroebel
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on the foot of the 11th order of business on the calendar of 2-13-2024
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 2)
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author
- **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 `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** 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 `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`
- **2024-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-23-2024 by directive of the Majority Leader `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor with partial veto on 2-29-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 100 `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-1-2024 `became-law`
- **2024-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-14-2024 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
- **2024-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Failed to pass partial veto notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82 `failure`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8a6122e-165d-4046-bfeb-4222acb79f47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).