republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2017-regular-session/sb-79.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: authorizing county clerks and clerks of court to copy certified birth certificates for certain purposes."
description: "Relating to: authorizing county clerks and clerks of court to copy certified birth certificates for certain purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 79 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bewley", "Hansen", "Harsdorf", "Kapenga", "Lasee", "LeMahieu", "Marklein", "Moulton", "Nass", "Olsen", "Testin", "Wanggaard", "Wirch"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-02T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4514673c-c199-4951-8f16-f2c020e709b6"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb79"
source_hash: "e66538004614d2f7809565ee5f04b083ad282a21fcde7c63a585d8b5643d8fb2"
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 79 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: authorizing county clerks and clerks of court to copy certified birth certificates for certain purposes.

## 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/SB79)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bewley — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Harsdorf — primary (person)
- Kapenga — primary (person)
- Lasee — primary (person)
- LeMahieu — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Moulton — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)
- Wirch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators LeMahieu, Hansen, Harsdorf, Bewley, Kapenga, Lasee, Marklein, Moulton, Nass, Olsen, Testin, Wanggaard and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Pronschinske, Bernier, E. Brooks, Considine, Edming, Genrich, Horlacher, Jarchow, Katsma, Kerkman, Kolste, Kremer, Krug, Kulp, Macco, Meyers, Milroy, Murphy, Mursau, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Sinicki, Spiros, Steffen, Tauchen and VanderMeer `introduction`
- **2017-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government
- **2017-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator LeMahieu
- **2017-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- **2017-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-10-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-05-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-14-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Barca added as a cosponsor
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-08-01T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 8-1-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 8-2-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 48 `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-02T05:00:00+00:00** Published 8-3-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4514673c-c199-4951-8f16-f2c020e709b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).