---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 181 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cabral-Guevara", "James", "Marklein", "Nass", "Pfaff", "Spreitzer", "Testin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-04-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2227cd6e-d3ba-431f-9e10-203e6a082cd4"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb181"
source_hash: "610b75f16f0da2dfd7c3d2c7dd674bf46f6682726ec555e1631026c099c04a46"
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 181 (2025) — Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (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/2025/REG/SB181)
2. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB181-SSA1)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **92–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cabral-Guevara — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Pfaff — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, James, Cabral-Guevara, Nass, Pfaff, Spreitzer and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Gustafson, Behnke, Dittrich, Donovan, Duchow, Franklin, Green, Kaufert, Kitchens, Maxey, Melotik, Moses, Mursau, Neubauer, Palmeri, Piwowarczyk, Steffen, Subeck, Udell, VanderMeer and Nedweski `introduction`
- **2025-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Habush Sinykin added as a coauthor
- **2025-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor
- **2025-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
- **2025-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Stroud added as a cosponsor
- **2025-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
- **2025-07-03T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Joers added as a cosponsor
- **2025-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Spreitzer withdrawn as a coauthor `withdrawal`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 30, Noes 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 11:09 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 92, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 212 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-9-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2227cd6e-d3ba-431f-9e10-203e6a082cd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).