republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2021/sb-396.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: interest on claims of excessive assessment and for recovery of unlawful property taxes. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: interest on claims of excessive assessment and for recovery of unlawful property taxes. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 396 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Cowles", "L. Taylor", "Petrowski", "Ringhand"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ce1fafb-11c9-4a14-90e8-f5ad5007f1de"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb396"
source_hash: "7a0ea2ba22aad703a0c80662d28cab89441900bca05ab940823456b17d510ead"
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 396 (2021) — Relating to: interest on claims of excessive assessment and for recovery of unlawful property taxes. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/SB396)
2. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB396-SA2)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Ballweg, Cowles, Ringhand and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Gundrum, Schraa, Armstrong, Subeck, Brandtjen, Edming, Novak, Spiros, Allen, Kuglitsch, Tittl, Knodl, James, VanderMeer and Tusler `introduction`
- **2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Dittrich added as a cosponsor
- **2021-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Petrowski
- **2021-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-07-26T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
- **2022-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Petrowski
- **2022-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 9:47 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-10-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-11-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 162 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-12-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ce1fafb-11c9-4a14-90e8-f5ad5007f1de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).