---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: levy increase limit for the village of Oregon and the towns of Oregon and Rutland. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: levy increase limit for the village of Oregon and the towns of Oregon and Rutland. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 439 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marklein", "Ratcliff"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-09-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd923639-e861-40eb-96ab-ec43c8fc48f3"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb439"
source_hash: "e1007e5d32291cecd446979ed91949b3d2ea0d77fda544eb5ff97323fb151f4e"
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 439 (2025) — Relating to: levy increase limit for the village of Oregon and the towns of Oregon and Rutland. (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/2025/REG/SB439)
2. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB439-SSA1)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marklein — primary (person)
- Ratcliff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-29T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein and Ratcliff; cosponsored by Representatives J. Jacobson and Udell `introduction`
- **2025-09-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-10-07T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on the foot of the 10th order of business on the calendar of 11-18-2025
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 9:34 PM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 15
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 96, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
- **2026-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-5-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-6-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 91 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-7-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd923639-e861-40eb-96ab-ec43c8fc48f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).