---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the revenue limit ceiling for school districts. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: the revenue limit ceiling for school districts. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 437"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 437 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-09-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66f67996-655b-4bee-810e-be324fc181d9"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb437"
source_hash: "1786084ac997d69a6143f95cab2ae361e4c4173ee164ae5615485e9678d7a38d"
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 437 (2019) — Relating to: the revenue limit ceiling for school districts. (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/SB437)

## Votes

- Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 14 — **19–14** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-23T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senator Cowles; cosponsored by Representative Steineke `introduction`
- **2019-09-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Schachtner, Bewley, Larson and Johnson `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Schachtner, Bewley, Smith, Johnson, Miller, Ringhand, Risser, Erpenbach, Carpenter and Larson `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 14 `amendment-failure`
- **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 passed `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 11:41 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 176 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-4-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66f67996-655b-4bee-810e-be324fc181d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).