---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: grants to counties for veterans services."
description: "Relating to: grants to counties for veterans services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 416"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 416 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Felzkowski", "James", "Marklein", "Stroebel", "Testin", "Wirch"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2944d835-2a7a-40d3-87a9-b9cb675a1383"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb416"
source_hash: "9a01456fe2ff2f926d99a29f2f9f50e5af886c21346e33da5dd22333d06fd9d4"
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 416 (2023) — Relating to: grants to counties for veterans services.

## 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/SB416)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Wirch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Testin, Ballweg, Felzkowski, James, Marklein, Stroebel and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Edming, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Goeben, Gustafson, Joers, Krug, Magnafici, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Rettinger, Schutt, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Tittl and Wichgers `introduction`
- **2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-10-05T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+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** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-12-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representative C. Anderson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-18-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Rozar added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 203 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-23-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2944d835-2a7a-40d3-87a9-b9cb675a1383`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).