---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: a driver education grant program. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: a driver education grant program. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 394"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 394 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baldeh", "Cabrera", "Callahan", "Clancy", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Drake", "Goyke", "Gundrum", "Moore Omokunde", "Ohnstad", "Petersen", "S. Johnson", "Schmidt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-09-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d2fa6f0-e4c8-4fca-b24f-d3b821c10c7a"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab394"
source_hash: "5546089e4f29f8e6339b17e92f056fac1f368d181805be00cd4806f76a8edbcf"
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 394 (2023) — Relating to: a driver education grant program. (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/AB394-AA1-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB394)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 1 — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baldeh — primary (person)
- Cabrera — primary (person)
- Callahan — primary (person)
- Clancy — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Drake — primary (person)
- Goyke — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Moore Omokunde — primary (person)
- Ohnstad — primary (person)
- Petersen — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-05T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Donovan, Baldeh, Cabrera, Callahan, Dittrich, Drake, Goyke, Gundrum, S. Johnson, Moore Omokunde, Ohnstad, Petersen, Schmidt and Clancy; cosponsored by Senators Knodl, Bradley, Carpenter, Cowles, James, L. Johnson, Marklein, Taylor and Testin `introduction`
- **2023-09-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-06T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Moses added as a coauthor
- **2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor
- **2023-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Mursau and Andraca added as coauthors
- **2023-09-20T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-09-22T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Spiros added as a coauthor
- **2023-10-09T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Donovan
- **2023-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Donovan
- **2023-10-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 11, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Steffen, Vining and O'Connor added as coauthors
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2023-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor
- **2023-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-7-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 29, Noes 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-8-2023 `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 86 `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/8d2fa6f0-e4c8-4fca-b24f-d3b821c10c7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).