---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: amendments to the 2023-25 capital budget for University of Wisconsin System projects, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation."
description: "Relating to: amendments to the 2023-25 capital budget for University of Wisconsin System projects, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 895"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 895 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Cowles", "Felzkowski", "Feyen", "James", "LeMahieu", "Marklein", "Testin", "Wimberger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebd74b89-f079-4498-9b1e-c646024ab374"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb895"
source_hash: "69ea16493792d525ac046477e15fcb6650d67c3145c01264576b896404e0e150"
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 895 (2023) — Relating to: amendments to the 2023-25 capital budget for University of Wisconsin System projects, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation.

## 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/SB895)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB895-SA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- LeMahieu — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Wimberger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, Cowles, LeMahieu, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Feyen, James, Testin and Wimberger; cosponsored by Representatives Born, Wittke, Vos, Behnke, Binsfeld, Duchow, Katsma, Krug, Kurtz, Magnafici, Maxey, Melotik, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Plumer, Schmidt, Swearingen and Murphy `introduction`
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **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** Placed at the foot of the calendar of 2-20-2024
- **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** 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 31, Noes 1 `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 10:39 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 95, Noes 2 `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** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2024 by directive of the Majority Leader `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-6-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 102 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-7-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebd74b89-f079-4498-9b1e-c646024ab374`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).