---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: regulating fire fighting foam that contains certain contaminants and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: regulating fire fighting foam that contains certain contaminants and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 310"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 310 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Petrowski"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-07-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc07e710-1b3d-4426-abaf-8e96cc1f2407"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb310"
source_hash: "5b7e34fb6ec7dce6d6eec9cabe52e1669f9d7887b1e7ca751e2ae21f4e151d9b"
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 310 (2019) — Relating to: regulating fire fighting foam that contains certain contaminants and granting rule-making authority. (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/SB310)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB310-SA1-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND — **61–36** (pass) · lower
- Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 14 — **19–14** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles and Petrowski; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Gundrum, James, Krug, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Sargent, Skowronski, Spiros, Tusler, Wichgers and Zimmerman `introduction`
- **2019-07-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-18T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-08-29T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
- **2019-09-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
- **2019-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-12-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Miller and Hansen `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 3, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Miller and Hansen `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 14 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives C. Taylor, Hebl, Sargent, Shankland, Hintz, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Doyle, McGuire, Ohnstad, Billings, Kolste, Considine, Subeck, Vining, Emerson, Brostoff, Cabrera, Vruwink, Stuck, Bowen, Riemer, Goyke, Crowley and Neubauer `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Point of order that Assembly Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Decision of the Chair appealed
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 61, Noes 36
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Allen added as a cosponsor
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-3-2020 by directive of the President, pursuant to Senate Rule 44m (3) `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-5-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 101 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-6-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc07e710-1b3d-4426-abaf-8e96cc1f2407`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).