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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: subsidized guardianship payments. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: subsidized guardianship payments. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 491"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 491 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bernier", "Cowles", "Darling", "Felzkowski", "Kooyenga", "Marklein", "Roth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-08-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15b63d3e-5eac-40fc-b0a2-329105354bf6"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb491"
source_hash: "fba9be0d2b58562d905b1c379dff1498fd1b6ab098fbee8257d9b75787d75698"
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 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](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB491-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/SB491)
3. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB491-SA1)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15b63d3e-5eac-40fc-b0a2-329105354bf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).