---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: a nuclear power siting study and time limits for taking final action on certain certificate of public convenience and necessity applications. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: a nuclear power siting study and time limits for taking final action on certain certificate of public convenience and necessity applications. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 125"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 125 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradley", "Feyen", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ada24be-d32c-4b3d-9ffb-b7072c72a654"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb125"
source_hash: "ce1e76f5373fb117a7073845b8be6c1cba5552bfbdec7220f548267a07f07a82"
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 125 (2025) — Relating to: a nuclear power siting study and time limits for taking final action on certain certificate of public convenience and necessity applications. (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/2025/REG/SB125)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB125-SA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Utilities and Tourism, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND — **18–15** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Utilities and Tourism, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **28–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradley — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Bradley, Feyen and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, Steffen, Wittke, Callahan, Dittrich, Green, Gustafson, Knodl, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Snyder, Spiros, Subeck, Tusler, Zimmerman and Wichgers `introduction`
- **2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Hutton added as a coauthor
- **2025-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Bradley
- **2025-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Utilities and Tourism, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Utilities and Tourism, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Stafsholt added as a coauthor
- **2025-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Roys, Drake, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Smith and Spreitzer
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Point of order that Senate Substitute Amendment 1 was not germane well taken
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate, Ayes 18, Noes 15
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 28, Noes 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor
- **2025-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2025-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Attempted to present to the Governor on 6-25-2025, pursuant to Senate Rule 44m (2)
- **2025-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 6-26-2025 by directive of the Majority Leader `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 7-2-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 12 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-03T05:00:00+00:00** Published 7-3-2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ada24be-d32c-4b3d-9ffb-b7072c72a654`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).