---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: farmland preservation agreements and tax credits. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: farmland preservation agreements and tax credits. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 133"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 133 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bare", "C. Anderson", "Considine", "Hurd", "Jacobson", "Joers", "Krug", "Mursau", "Myers", "Nedweski", "Novak", "Oldenburg", "Penterman", "Pronschinske", "Schmidt", "Shankland", "Subeck", "Tranel", "VanderMeer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddd82e4b-8215-4752-8663-93707d0d4929"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab133"
source_hash: "48ecf63c49feb4e4be63a8dbe3e216f1e5f724ab12396211199ee2dc082f9c52"
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 AB 133 (2023) — Relating to: farmland preservation agreements and tax credits. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB133-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB133)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 6, Noes 4 — **6–4** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 8, Noes 4 — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **31–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bare — primary (person)
- C. Anderson — primary (person)
- Considine — primary (person)
- Hurd — primary (person)
- Jacobson — primary (person)
- Joers — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Myers — primary (person)
- Nedweski — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Oldenburg — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- Pronschinske — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Shankland — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Tranel — primary (person)
- VanderMeer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Oldenburg, Novak, Shankland, Tranel, C. Anderson, Considine, Hurd, Jacobson, Mursau, Schmidt, VanderMeer, Bare, Joers, Krug, Nedweski, Penterman, Subeck, Myers and Pronschinske; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Taylor, Pfaff, Spreitzer, Ballweg, Hesselbein, Marklein, Quinn, Smith, Tomczyk, Carpenter, Roys, Wanggaard and Cowles `introduction`
- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Billings added as a coauthor
- **2023-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor
- **2023-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor
- **2023-10-05T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Oldenburg
- **2023-10-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 6, Noes 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 8, Noes 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Gustafson and O'Connor added as coauthors
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table `deferral`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Taken from the table `deferral`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Cabrera, Drake and Rozar added as coauthors
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 31, Noes 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-15-2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-11-30T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 42 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-06T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-7-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddd82e4b-8215-4752-8663-93707d0d4929`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).