republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2019/sb-296.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: signs informing about Lyme disease in state parks, state trails, state recreational areas, and state forests and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: signs informing about Lyme disease in state parks, state trails, state recreational areas, and state forests and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 296"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 296 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carpenter", "Cowles", "Hansen", "Larson", "Miller", "Olsen", "Petrowski", "Ringhand", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fee89a89-5c69-4286-a7c0-f66cd74e95e3"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb296"
source_hash: "f18d9f621584a6071e93e8ae135d934d9f04f0943fadf6cea8f36c57ce20de2d"
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 296 (2019) — Relating to: signs informing about Lyme disease in state parks, state trails, state recreational areas, and state forests and making an appropriation. (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/SB296)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- 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
- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2 —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

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles, Miller, Carpenter, Hansen, Larson, Olsen, Petrowski, Ringhand and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Milroy, Anderson, Considine, Crowley, Edming, Emerson, Gruszynski, Hesselbein, Kulp, B. Meyers, Ohnstad, Ott, Pope, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Snyder, Spiros, Spreitzer, Tauchen, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt and Tusler `introduction`
- **2019-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Rohrkaste added as a cosponsor
- **2019-07-18T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-08-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
- **2019-08-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Oldenburg added as a cosponsor
- **2019-09-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+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
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Bewley added as a coauthor
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-15-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 99, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 1-17-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 1-21-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 73 `executive-signature`
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Published 1-22-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fee89a89-5c69-4286-a7c0-f66cd74e95e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).