---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: damages claims relating to delayed relocation of utilities in a highway right-of-way and modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Transportation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: damages claims relating to delayed relocation of utilities in a highway right-of-way and modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Transportation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 270"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 270 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Testin", "Tomczyk"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7654eab-6006-4d17-aa46-b2892d960310"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb270"
source_hash: "6027dcc5a13c9012b1dd0781d043bd24ca1b85eae3db6b12fa5bbca789670eaa"
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 270 (2023) — Relating to: damages claims relating to delayed relocation of utilities in a highway right-of-way and modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Transportation. (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/SB270)
2. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB270-SA2)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Tomczyk, Cowles and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Edming, Bodden, Green, Maxey, Mursau, Plumer, Rettinger, Schmidt, Spiros, Swearingen, VanderMeer and Wittke `introduction`
- **2023-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senator James added as a coauthor
- **2023-05-22T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Tomczyk
- **2023-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-08-22T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Tomczyk
- **2023-09-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 9-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-09-20T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2023-09-20T05:00:00+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 46 `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/d7654eab-6006-4d17-aa46-b2892d960310`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).