republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2021/sb-491.md

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Bill	Relating to: subsidized guardianship payments. (FE)	Relating to: subsidized guardianship payments. (FE)	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2021	SB 491	Wisconsin SB 491 (2021)	bill		enacted	Ballweg Bernier Cowles Darling Felzkowski Kooyenga Marklein Roth	3	39	4	2021-08-05T05:00:00+00:00	2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/15b63d3e-5eac-40fc-b0a2-329105354bf6	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb491	fba9be0d2b58562d905b1c379dff1498fd1b6ab098fbee8257d9b75787d75698	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wi

Wisconsin SB 491 (2021) — Relating to: subsidized guardianship payments. (FE)

Version chain

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

1. Assembly Amendment 1 (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Amendment 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCURRENCE — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ballweg — primary (person)
• Bernier — primary (person)
• Cowles — primary (person)
• Darling — primary (person)
• Felzkowski — primary (person)
• Kooyenga — primary (person)
• Marklein — primary (person)
• Roth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-08-05T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced by Senators Bernier, Ballweg, Cowles, Darling, Felzkowski, Kooyenga, Marklein and Roth; cosponsored by Representatives Loudenbeck, Rozar, Armstrong, Billings, Born, Dittrich, Doyle, Gundrum, Kitchens, Knodl, Kurtz, Milroy, Moses, L. Myers, Novak, Pronschinske, J. Rodriguez, Schraa, Snyder, Spiros, Subeck, Tauchen, Tittl, Tusler and Penterman introduction
• 2021-08-05T05:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to Committee on Human Services, Children and Families reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-08-31T05:00:00+00:00 Fiscal estimate received receipt
• 2021-10-05T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Bernier
• 2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2021-10-18T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Bowen added as a cosponsor
• 2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00 Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 amendment-passage
• 2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00 Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-10-19T05:00:00+00:00 Available for scheduling
• 2021-10-22T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 10-25-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
• 2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment 1 adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2021-10-25T05:00:00+00:00 Received from Senate receipt
• 2021-10-29T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
• 2021-11-15T06:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Loudenbeck
• 2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00 Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor
• 2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 1-20-2022 by Committee on Rules
• 2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up withdrawal
• 2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 1 adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 96, Noes 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00 Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted amendment-passage, receipt
• 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 Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in
• 2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00 Action ordered immediately messaged
• 2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00 LRB correction
• 2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00 Report correctly enrolled enrolled
• 2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor on 2-3-2022 executive-receipt
• 2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00 Report approved by the Governor on 2-4-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 132 executive-signature
• 2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00 Published 2-5-2022 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15b63d3e-5eac-40fc-b0a2-329105354bf6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).