---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: making insect repellant available for sale in state parks and state forests. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: making insect repellant available for sale in state parks and state forests. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 297"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 297 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carpenter", "Cowles", "Hansen", "Larson", "Miller", "Olsen", "Petrowski", "Ringhand", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a5a7f0-cde2-46e0-b649-6d59ffdd9679"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb297"
source_hash: "707c6c8c8287e7f6f949a3f4a7366763fadfbc98121328d7168e2b4c5f1f8a12"
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 297 (2019) — Relating to: making insect repellant available for sale in state parks and state forests. (FE)

## 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/SB297)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles, Miller, Carpenter, Hansen, Larson, Olsen, Petrowski, Ringhand and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Milroy, Anderson, Crowley, Edming, Emerson, Gruszynski, Hesselbein, Kulp, B. Meyers, Ohnstad, Ott, Pope, Ramthun, Shankland, Sinicki, Snyder, Spiros, Spreitzer, Tauchen, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt and Tusler `introduction`
- **2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Rohrkaste added as a cosponsor
- **2019-07-18T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-08-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
- **2019-08-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Oldenburg added as a cosponsor
- **2019-09-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Bewley added as a coauthor
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-15-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 1-17-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 1-21-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 74 `executive-signature`
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Published 1-22-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81a5a7f0-cde2-46e0-b649-6d59ffdd9679`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).