---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: an online early learning pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: an online early learning pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 595"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 595 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernier", "Darling"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-11-27T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd259669-e329-4d51-b0db-d2240fb830cd"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb595"
source_hash: "83db4c632b12f8658e4fcef436a486c2a01d33f8409370f65dfad80c9894639a"
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 595 (2019) — Relating to: an online early learning pilot program 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/SB595)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB595-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 1 — **7–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernier — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Darling and Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Fields, Nygren, Allen, Krug, Macco, Novak, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Steffen, Tusler, VanderMeer and Wittke `introduction`
- **2019-11-27T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-20T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2020-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Darling `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2020-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 31, Noes 2 `passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **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 170 `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/cd259669-e329-4d51-b0db-d2240fb830cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).