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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to: creation of a category of business corporation identified as a benefit corporation."
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description: "Relating to: creation of a category of business corporation identified as a benefit corporation."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
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legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
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session: "2017 Regular Session"
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identifier: "SB 298"
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citation: "Wisconsin SB 298 (2017 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darling", "Harsdorf", "Johnson", "Ringhand", "Testin", "Wirch"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-15T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73612dc9-9dc4-4876-8d9b-2a972b290499"
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source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb298"
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source_hash: "e57c8ea54ebe5ad1b71a74762514f04f4d833cee8fd0845611d469cf03aea01d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
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---
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# Wisconsin SB 298 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: creation of a category of business corporation identified as a benefit corporation.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/SB298)
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## Votes
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- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Darling — primary (person)
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- Harsdorf — primary (person)
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- Johnson — primary (person)
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- Ringhand — primary (person)
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- Testin — primary (person)
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- Wirch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Testin, Johnson, Darling, Ringhand, Wirch and Harsdorf; cosponsored by Representatives Skowronski, Hesselbein, Genrich, Horlacher, Ohnstad, Crowley, Subeck, C. Taylor, Kulp, Quinn, Sanfelippo, Spreitzer, Hintz and Kooyenga `introduction`
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- **2017-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government
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- **2017-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Testin
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- **2017-10-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
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- **2017-10-05T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
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- **2017-10-05T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0
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- **2017-10-05T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-10-05T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
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- **2017-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Testin
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- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-7-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
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- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Zepnick added as a cosponsor
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- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted
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- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted
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- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
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- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
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- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
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- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
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- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
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- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read
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- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended and taken up
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- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
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- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
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- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Barca added as a cosponsor
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- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
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- **2017-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
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- **2017-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
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- **2017-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
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- **2017-11-22T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-22-2017 `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-27-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 77 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-28-2017
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73612dc9-9dc4-4876-8d9b-2a972b290499`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
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