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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: allowing local public officials to receive anything of value that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation or the Department of Tourism is authorized to provide."
description: "Relating to: allowing local public officials to receive anything of value that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation or the Department of Tourism is authorized to provide."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "AB 494"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 494 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["August", "Felzkowski", "Gannon", "Kuglitsch", "Kulp", "Loudenbeck", "Ripp", "Steffen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-09-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1031c26-4a85-4d2e-8aee-980b255fc2fb"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab494"
source_hash: "ccee42f6e8919186b2a9ebdd74da816fa912bd648986bcad02606bf59bf9cbb3"
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 AB 494 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: allowing local public officials to receive anything of value that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation or the Department of Tourism is authorized to provide.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/AB494)
## Votes
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **32** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 2 — **102** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- August — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Gannon — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Loudenbeck — primary (person)
- Ripp — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives August, Loudenbeck, Steffen, Kulp, Gannon, Ripp, Felzkowski and Kuglitsch; cosponsored by Senator Nass `introduction`
- **2017-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- **2017-09-20T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-10-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-2-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-7-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-28-2017
- **2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-28-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-30-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 112 `executive-signature`
- **2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-1-2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1031c26-4a85-4d2e-8aee-980b255fc2fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).