---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: creating a grant program for public safety interoperable communication system upgrades. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: creating a grant program for public safety interoperable communication system upgrades. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 218 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felzkowski", "James", "Marklein", "Quinn", "Smith", "Spreitzer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d80f17b-e96d-44d6-a460-40f114385e4e"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb218"
source_hash: "e8d6b81863bda9b6ee2de284219ce097fe37612685f2cba8ec0d037e1beae716"
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 218 (2023) — Relating to: creating a grant program for public safety interoperable communication system upgrades. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/SB218)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB218-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, Felzkowski, James, Quinn, Smith and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Armstrong, Binsfeld, Brandtjen, Duchow, Edming, Green, Gundrum, Moses, Mursau, Nedweski, Novak, Palmeri, Petryk, Rettinger, Spiros and Swearingen `introduction`
- **2023-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2023-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2023-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-07-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 9-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
- **2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 221 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-28-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d80f17b-e96d-44d6-a460-40f114385e4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).