republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2019/sb-208.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: allocation of early stage seed investment credit to offset taxes imposed on insurers. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: allocation of early stage seed investment credit to offset taxes imposed on insurers. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 208"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 208 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Feyen", "L. Taylor", "Marklein", "Olsen", "Tiffany"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1b366d4-84f9-405c-b8d7-a135304a00cc"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb208"
source_hash: "96491063a3f6fa0df4550f50c0e03688d42f587faced40b0f122e0e7bf701aa6"
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 208 (2019) — Relating to: allocation of early stage seed investment credit to offset taxes imposed on insurers. (FE)

## 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/2019/REG/SB208)

## Votes

- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 6, Noes 3 — **6–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowles — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Tiffany — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, L. Taylor, Cowles, Feyen, Olsen and Tiffany; cosponsored by Representatives Zimmerman, Fields, Brandtjen, Crowley, Haywood, Hutton, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Krug, Loudenbeck, Macco, Murphy, Ohnstad, Ott, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Sinicki, Skowronski, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Vruwink and Zamarripa `introduction`
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Considine added as a cosponsor
- **2019-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-21T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Kooyenga added as a coauthor
- **2019-08-20T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Wittke added as a cosponsor
- **2019-09-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 6, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 24, Noes 9 `passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to calendar of 11-7-2019 pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (1)(a)
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2019-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2019-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2019-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-19-2019 by directive of the President, pursuant to Senate Rule 44m (3) `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-25-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 61 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-26-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1b366d4-84f9-405c-b8d7-a135304a00cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).