---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: exempting personal property from the tax imposed on telephone companies. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: exempting personal property from the tax imposed on telephone companies. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 323"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 323 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradley", "Nass", "Quinn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0b37ceb-57c0-4e88-be6c-ed1734b6eae9"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb323"
source_hash: "f6a8889a135f2a2a12d7c094bdaa98588f20b478f82450cc4b3e38ca521e87af"
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 323 (2023) — Relating to: exempting personal property from the tax imposed on telephone companies. (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/SB323)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB323-SA1)
3. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB323-SA2)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Utilities and Technology, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **90–7** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Utilities and Technology, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4 — **11–4** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4 — **11–4** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **30–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradley — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Bradley, Nass and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Brooks, Rettinger and Wichgers `introduction`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-12-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Bradley
- **2023-12-20T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-12-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Utilities and Technology, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-12-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Utilities and Technology, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-21T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions requested
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Dittrich added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received `receipt`
- **2024-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Bradley
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 30, Noes 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 10:15 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 90, Noes 7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-21-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 140 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-22-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0b37ceb-57c0-4e88-be6c-ed1734b6eae9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).