---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: payday loans."
description: "Relating to: payday loans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 259"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 259 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hesselbein", "Spreitzer", "Stafsholt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-11-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecebce22-f533-4129-958f-1eb27c333dbc"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb259"
source_hash: "512567bc0f4f5bbbc60ce57476d79a391a0a158aea30ef98f2cf98882ab52ff2"
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 259 (2023) — Relating to: payday loans.

## 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/SB259)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hesselbein — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Stafsholt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Stafsholt, Hesselbein and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives O'Connor, Doyle, Penterman, Subeck, Green, Rettinger, Wichgers and Allen `introduction`
- **2023-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Joers added as a cosponsor
- **2023-08-23T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-09-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-29T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2023-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-15-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-17T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-16-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 37 `executive-signature`
- **2023-11-17T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-17-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecebce22-f533-4129-958f-1eb27c333dbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).