---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: modifying the Department of Tourism's reporting duties and repealing requirements to distribute cheese, submit a financial statement, and use famous residents in marketing."
description: "Relating to: modifying the Department of Tourism's reporting duties and repealing requirements to distribute cheese, submit a financial statement, and use famous residents in marketing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 36 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Cowles", "Marklein", "Smith", "Spreitzer", "Taylor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c6cc395-c7c7-46fa-b290-2fb2de4f90d5"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb36"
source_hash: "60d10a64446f4bebbed2687f9a5b159f73d65f45ebe9a540a226e4e9326c8e92"
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 36 (2023) — Relating to: modifying the Department of Tourism's reporting duties and repealing requirements to distribute cheese, submit a financial statement, and use famous residents in marketing.

## 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/SB36)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Tourism, Ayes 11, Noes 0 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Cowles, Marklein, Smith, Spreitzer and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Plumer, Dallman, C. Anderson, Armstrong, Kitchens, Mursau, Myers, Novak, Penterman, Rozar and Schutt `introduction`
- **2023-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-22-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Tourism, Ayes 11, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 4-18-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 5-4-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 5-8-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 7 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 5-9-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c6cc395-c7c7-46fa-b290-2fb2de4f90d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).