---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the method for providing notice of a special meeting of a school board. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: the method for providing notice of a special meeting of a school board. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 160 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bewley", "Kooyenga", "Olsen", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-04-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50865111-2a10-42c0-8e40-c1bad56ce868"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb160"
source_hash: "1d3d3837bedbce40f91947d36516fbea02336701858da2f0c744b41af82618c5"
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 160 (2019) — Relating to: the method for providing notice of a special meeting of a school board. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/SB160)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bewley — primary (person)
- Kooyenga — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Olsen, Bewley, Kooyenga and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Gundrum, Ballweg, Brandtjen, Edming, Felzkowski, Horlacher, Knodl, Kulp, Milroy, Skowronski, Subeck, Tittl, Tusler and Wichgers `introduction`
- **2019-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-09-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-3-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-5-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 96 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-6-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50865111-2a10-42c0-8e40-c1bad56ce868`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).