---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: broadcasting election night proceedings. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: broadcasting election night proceedings. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 283"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 283 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nass", "Taylor", "Tomczyk", "Wimberger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf144cb7-3527-45d9-a51f-47e8d138f6d9"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb283"
source_hash: "1515344cee533b6e3dfa3e86568c4a3bc9f807b0b96dfa8645b096ccfbe2a7ac"
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 283 (2023) — Relating to: broadcasting election night proceedings. (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/SB283)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB283-SA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nass — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)
- Wimberger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Wimberger, Taylor, Nass and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, Ortiz-Velez, Steffen, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Edming, Murphy, Moses and Krug `introduction`
- **2023-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-08-29T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-09-27T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger
- **2023-10-03T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senate 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 to give bill its third reading
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-9-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Gustafson and O'Connor added as cosponsors
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-11-15T06:00:00+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 53 `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/cf144cb7-3527-45d9-a51f-47e8d138f6d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).