republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2021/sb-566.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: adopting revisions to the state's uniform limited partnership law and the state's limited liability company law; making modifications to the state's uniform partnership law; procedures applicable to business corporations and nonstock corporations; certificates of authority of service insurance corporations; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and providing a penalty. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: adopting revisions to the state's uniform limited partnership law and the state's limited liability company law; making modifications to the state's uniform partnership law; procedures applicable to business corporations and nonstock corporations; certificates of authority of service insurance corporations; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and providing a penalty. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 566"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 566 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Taylor", "Wimberger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-09-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/963bf5d8-c807-47fd-b9e2-307bff1ef378"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb566"
source_hash: "e6f02291d540df09d61bcd4a377f56c5d22671dd1ee30fa27e247c2220ac8c8c"
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 566 (2021) — Relating to: adopting revisions to the state's uniform limited partnership law and the state's limited liability company law; making modifications to the state's uniform partnership law; procedures applicable to business corporations and nonstock corporations; certificates of authority of service insurance corporations; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and providing a penalty. (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/SB566)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **33–0** (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 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Wimberger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Wimberger and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Goyke, Hebl, Knodl, Macco, Rozar and Skowronski `introduction`
- **2021-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Wittke added as a cosponsor
- **2021-10-21T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-12-14T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-12-14T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-12-14T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+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 5, Noes 0
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+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 8:22 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** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-14-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-15-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 258 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-16-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/963bf5d8-c807-47fd-b9e2-307bff1ef378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).