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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: baseball park district administration and funding for improvement of professional baseball park facilities. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: baseball park district administration and funding for improvement of professional baseball park facilities. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 438"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 438 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Binsfeld", "Brooks", "Duchow", "Melotik", "Michalski", "O'Connor", "Plumer", "Rozar", "Schmidt", "Swearingen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 53
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2023-09-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5de99222-4d19-424a-968c-f8890e763c91"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab438"
source_hash: "4812c0b10df6776a14ff7ec803c5170e5116e10e92fe1845f9bb8f9332a1a41b"
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 AB 438 (2023) — Relating to: baseball park district administration and funding for improvement of professional baseball park facilities. (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/2023/REG/AB438-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB438)
3. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB438-SA1)
4. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB438-SSA1)
## Votes
- SUSPEND THE RULES — **267** (pass) · upper
- Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 25, Noes 8 — **258** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 1 — **141** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **1914** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **50** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **140** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **32** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 1 — **131** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **6927** (pass) · lower
- RETURN TO AMENDABLE STAGE — **1518** (fail) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **150** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND THE RULES TO MESSSAGE TO THE ASSEMBL — **267** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Binsfeld — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Melotik — primary (person)
- Michalski — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Plumer — primary (person)
- Rozar — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Swearingen — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Brooks, Duchow, Binsfeld, Rozar, O'Connor, Plumer, Melotik, Schmidt, Michalski and Swearingen; cosponsored by Senator Feyen `introduction`
- **2023-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-10-05T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-10-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to s. 13.52 Wisconsin Statutes `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brooks
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 14, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 5, Noes 4 `receipt`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 69, Noes 27 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2023-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Feyen
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Ayes 3, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Nass
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Feyen
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 25, Noes 8 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading, Ayes 26, Noes 7
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time `reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Refused to suspend the rules to return to the amendable stage, Ayes 15, Noes 18
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in as amended, Ayes 19, Noes 14
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged, Ayes 26, Noes 7
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted) `amendment-passage, receipt`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in, Ayes 72, Noes 26
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
- **2023-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-15-2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-11-30T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-05T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-5-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 40 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-05T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-6-2023 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5de99222-4d19-424a-968c-f8890e763c91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).