---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: admission of spouses at veterans homes. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: admission of spouses at veterans homes. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 546"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 546 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Hesselbein", "James", "Marklein", "Nass", "Taylor", "Testin", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-10-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4dba011-b612-4d93-ad11-76a74f4dc1ae"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb546"
source_hash: "642d546198000d904f1c2c5826b909117786c0f248c79f7454759b90a0d6939e"
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 546 (2023) — Relating to: admission of spouses at veterans homes. (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/SB546)

## 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)
- Hesselbein — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-23T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Wanggaard, Hesselbein, James, Marklein, Nass, Taylor and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Petersen, Vos, Armstrong, Behnke, Cabrera, Callahan, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Goeben, Gustafson, Hurd, Magnafici, Michalski, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Penterman, Rozar, Shankland, Stubbs, Subeck and Sinicki `introduction`
- **2023-10-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Wirch added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Joers added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **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 to give bill its third reading
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Maxey added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+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 10:20 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Representative C. Anderson added as a cosponsor
- **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 `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`
- **2024-02-29T06:00:00+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 204 `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/b4dba011-b612-4d93-ad11-76a74f4dc1ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).