---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: tribal nation welcome signs."
description: "Relating to: tribal nation welcome signs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 280 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felzkowski", "Quinn", "Roys", "Spreitzer", "Taylor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-05-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed44b716-bb0b-4117-9acf-aeda048e2157"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb280"
source_hash: "8cfde8024147d1ddc4038d731480c78b5fa6d4e004cfe89b797eee2899979156"
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 280 (2023) — Relating to: tribal nation welcome signs.

## 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/SB280)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Roys — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Felzkowski, Quinn, Roys, Spreitzer and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Behnke, Born, Dallman, Edming, Hong, Novak, Palmeri, Cabrera, Myers and Clancy `introduction`
- **2023-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-18T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Madison added as a cosponsor
- **2023-08-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-08-22T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Joers added as a cosponsor
- **2023-08-28T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- **2023-09-06T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Conley added as a cosponsor
- **2023-09-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-10-03T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Drake added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-7-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Agard added as a coauthor
- **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 passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **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
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-11-30T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 74 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+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/ed44b716-bb0b-4117-9acf-aeda048e2157`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).