---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: funding for reduction of infiltration and inflow in connecting laterals and sewer lines. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: funding for reduction of infiltration and inflow in connecting laterals and sewer lines. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 99 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Wimberger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a8acf45-0d72-4b8e-9d38-ad350c7ad2df"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb99"
source_hash: "8d2a2d8fad5a3527085e7a8576b9714c6163fab609e68f89f0b24ae5ecff162c"
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 99 (2023) — Relating to: funding for reduction of infiltration and inflow in connecting laterals and sewer lines. (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/SB99)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Wimberger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles and Wimberger; cosponsored by Representatives Rodriguez, Armstrong, Baldeh, Behnke, Brooks, Duchow, Green, Gustafson, Mursau, Shankland and Subeck `introduction`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 4-19-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Hesselbein added as a coauthor
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Joers added as a cosponsor
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **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 concurred in, Ayes 96, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **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`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-11-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-14-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 106 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-15-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a8acf45-0d72-4b8e-9d38-ad350c7ad2df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).