---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: regulating hemp, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: regulating hemp, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 188"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 188 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernier", "Bewley", "Cowles", "L. Taylor", "Larson", "Marklein", "Olsen", "Testin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-04-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61df4703-a172-4e34-bc99-173ce717df1b"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb188"
source_hash: "4e1498405bdc9f5b91e6ecdfb96e779c1660ca3c5016d461f731bbfae87aa179"
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 188 (2019) — Relating to: regulating hemp, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (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/SB188)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB188-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernier — primary (person)
- Bewley — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Testin, L. Taylor, Bernier, Bewley, Larson, Marklein, Cowles and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Considine, Krug, Kulp, Quinn, Kolste, Myers, Mursau, Novak, Plumer, Spreitzer, Tranel, VanderMeer, Vruwink, Brooks, Duchow, Knodl, Meyers, Oldenburg, Pope, Sargent, C. Taylor and Tusler `introduction`
- **2019-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ohnstad added as a cosponsor
- **2019-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2019-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-07-22T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Brostoff added as a cosponsor
- **2019-08-12T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Testin and L. Taylor `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Bowen added as a cosponsor
- **2019-08-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-08-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-20T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **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** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **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, Ayes 31, Noes 2 `passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Hansen added as a coauthor
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2019-11-04T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Edming added as a cosponsor
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-12-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 95, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Zamarripa added as a cosponsor
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2019-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
- **2019-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2019-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2019-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-19-2019 by directive of the President, pursuant to Senate Rule 44m (3) `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-26-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 68 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-27-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61df4703-a172-4e34-bc99-173ce717df1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).