---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the effective date of certain provisions contained in 2023 Wisconsin Act 126."
description: "Relating to: the effective date of certain provisions contained in 2023 Wisconsin Act 126."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 126"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 126 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marklein", "Nass", "Tomczyk"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e266fff1-8037-43a4-8882-191055818462"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb126"
source_hash: "74c484c5478c45ceb49c0f6432efa4d928ccca01102752e135a80f23b514c9a5"
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 126 (2025) — Relating to: the effective date of certain provisions contained in 2023 Wisconsin Act 126.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB126-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB126)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Tomczyk, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Gundrum, Knodl, Steffen, Brill, Subeck, Mursau and O'Connor `introduction`
- **2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2025-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor
- **2025-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 4-22-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2025-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2025-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Krug
- **2025-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 5-13-2025
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in as amended `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage, receipt`
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2025-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** Attempted to present to the Governor on 6-4-2025 by directive of the Majority Leader
- **2025-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 6-5-2025 by directive of the Majority Leader `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 6-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 7 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Published 6-10-2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e266fff1-8037-43a4-8882-191055818462`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).