---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: vacancies in elective offices in cities and villages."
description: "Relating to: vacancies in elective offices in cities and villages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 108"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 108 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernier", "Nass", "Stroebel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c63c7ef3-d7f7-4dec-b465-5865ec927547"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb108"
source_hash: "31d78acbca1128922ba6366662f955b5193550978034fec3b23d3e3993db2573"
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 108 (2019) — Relating to: vacancies in elective offices in cities and villages.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/SB108)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB108-SSA1-SA1)
3. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB108-SSA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernier — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Stroebel, Nass and Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Knodl, Wichgers, Murphy and Subeck `introduction`
- **2019-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Stroebel `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Stroebel `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-28T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Stroebel `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 11:28 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 99, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 164 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-4-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c63c7ef3-d7f7-4dec-b465-5865ec927547`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).