---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: public protective services hearing protection assistance. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: public protective services hearing protection assistance. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 283"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 283 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James", "Testin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1f5dab4-d4f7-4db9-ab71-4e2ee63f82fe"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb283"
source_hash: "1f5301ed78ed7026f7f737fda5e085f7076a2aafdcf8b661ee76c533cd7b4894"
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 283 (2025) — Relating to: public protective services hearing protection assistance. (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/SB283)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB283-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **18–14** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 42 — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 15 — **17–15** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 52, Noes 44 — **52–44** (pass) · lower
- Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 15 — **17–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators James and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives B. Jacobson and Spiros `introduction`
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
- **2025-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Smith, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Drake, Roys, L. Johnson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Wall and Wirch
- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Smith, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Drake, Roys, L. Johnson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Wall and Wirch
- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 15
- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 15
- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 14 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025 `reading-1`
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor 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** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Anderson
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 52, Noes 44 `deferral`
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Emerson
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 42 `deferral`
- **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 14 `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/d1f5dab4-d4f7-4db9-ab71-4e2ee63f82fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).