---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the priority of a mortgage executed to an institution chartered by the federal Farm Credit Administration."
description: "Relating to: the priority of a mortgage executed to an institution chartered by the federal Farm Credit Administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 438"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 438 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Erpenbach", "Marklein", "Miller", "Testin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-09-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/773f1aa5-bf81-468d-b752-714455a14450"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb438"
source_hash: "56cdec1faf0796a7b3714367a9252740d0d962835289bacae2f07492aec46a5c"
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 438 (2019) — Relating to: the priority of a mortgage executed to an institution chartered by the federal Farm Credit Administration.

## 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/SB438)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Erpenbach — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-23T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, Miller, Cowles, Erpenbach and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Ballweg, Hebl, Edming, Krug, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Tusler and VanderMeer `introduction`
- **2019-09-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+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 102 `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/773f1aa5-bf81-468d-b752-714455a14450`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).