---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: designating and marking the Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial Highway. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: designating and marking the Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial Highway. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 249"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 249 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Felzkowski", "James", "Marklein", "Nass", "Spreitzer", "Taylor", "Testin", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/023c30d2-dc7d-4b56-89a4-ef7977ccab05"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb249"
source_hash: "9b826b7112ed10b681e15bb31887c2fb719467e33b6c70dfc4e81d24c332c7c6"
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 249 (2023) — Relating to: designating and marking the Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial Highway. (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/2023/REG/SB249)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, Ballweg, Felzkowski, James, Nass, Spreitzer, Taylor, Testin and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, VanderMeer, C. Anderson, Behnke, Binsfeld, Brandtjen, Donovan, Duchow, Emerson, Goeben, Green, S. Johnson, Kitchens, Macco, Magnafici, Maxey, Michalski, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Petryk, Rettinger, Shankland, Sinicki, Spiros, Subeck, Tranel, Wichgers and Zimmerman `introduction`
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-7-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-9-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-11-30T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 69 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-7-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/023c30d2-dc7d-4b56-89a4-ef7977ccab05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).