republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/sb-251.md

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Bill	Relating to: members of the Council on Veterans Programs.	Relating to: members of the Council on Veterans Programs.	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2023	SB 251	Wisconsin SB 251 (2023)	bill		enacted	Cowles Hesselbein James Marklein Quinn	2	32	2	2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00	2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8ab25886-c33f-4db1-9a73-30d35a9f9b5e	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb251	c5170f1f4c9826c6170ef3ccdc927d79730150840a1f6d6919bbbe8a42d75dc9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wi

Wisconsin SB 251 (2023) — Relating to: members of the Council on Veterans Programs.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cowles — primary (person)
• Hesselbein — primary (person)
• James — primary (person)
• Marklein — primary (person)
• Quinn — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced by Senators Quinn, Hesselbein, Cowles, James and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Penterman, Jacobson, C. Anderson, Bare, Conley, Considine, Edming, Green, Joers, Novak, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Rozar, Sinicki, Spiros and Stubbs introduction
• 2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-04-26T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor
• 2023-08-21T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Quinn
• 2023-08-28T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
• 2023-08-29T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2023-09-05T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2023-09-06T05:00:00+00:00 Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 amendment-passage
• 2023-09-06T05:00:00+00:00 Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-06T05:00:00+00:00 Available for scheduling
• 2023-09-12T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 9-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
• 2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment 1 adopted amendment-passage
• 2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
• 2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and passed passage, reading-3
• 2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00 Received from Senate receipt
• 2023-10-11T05:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 by Committee on Rules
• 2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up withdrawal
• 2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 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 concurred in passage, reading-3
• 2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
• 2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2023-10-18T05:00:00+00:00 Received from Assembly concurred in receipt
• 2023-10-19T05:00:00+00:00 Report correctly enrolled enrolled
• 2023-11-30T06:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023 executive-receipt
• 2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00 Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 70 executive-signature
• 2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00 Published 12-7-2023 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ab25886-c33f-4db1-9a73-30d35a9f9b5e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).