republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/ab-548.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to create the Wisconsin-Ireland Trade Commission. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to create the Wisconsin-Ireland Trade Commission. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 548"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 548 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Callahan", "Conley", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Doyle", "Green", "Gundrum", "Kitchens", "Melotik", "Murphy", "O'Connor", "Rettinger", "Schraa", "Steffen", "Subeck", "Vos"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-10-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42178f8d-bd28-49ac-8474-4bcc608f6098"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab548"
source_hash: "2a6df92478c968dfbc1711011d2e5a24605a39681b1dfae8904eb3614eba15bd"
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 548 (2023) — Relating to: requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to create the Wisconsin-Ireland Trade Commission. (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/AB548-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB548)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Callahan — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Doyle — primary (person)
- Green — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Melotik — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Rettinger — primary (person)
- Schraa — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Vos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Murphy, Doyle, Callahan, Conley, Dittrich, Donovan, O'Connor, Schraa, Vos, Armstrong, Gundrum, Kitchens, Melotik, Rettinger, Steffen, Subeck and Green; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Felzkowski and Testin `introduction`
- **2023-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Snyder added as a coauthor
- **2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Murphy
- **2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities, Ayes 10, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities, Ayes 10, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-7-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Mursau added as a coauthor
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-15-2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Nedweski added as a coauthor
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-21-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 170 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-22-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42178f8d-bd28-49ac-8474-4bcc608f6098`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).