republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/sb-408.md

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Bill	Relating to: public funds for substantially identical materials distributed by state senators and representatives to the assembly prior to a general election and providing a penalty.	Relating to: public funds for substantially identical materials distributed by state senators and representatives to the assembly prior to a general election and providing a penalty.	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2023	SB 408	Wisconsin SB 408 (2023)	bill		enacted	Knodl Marklein Nass	3	53	3	2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00	2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/93e242ac-b5bc-490d-8e6d-3167e72f9e87	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb408	180c88e55d33e88b21af2d3b977efaa0ef5e27a1d8b628723a11c8744bfb0135	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wi

Wisconsin SB 408 (2023) — Relating to: public funds for substantially identical materials distributed by state senators and representatives to the assembly prior to a general election and providing a penalty.

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
3. Senate Amendment 2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 27–6 (pass) · upper
• Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Knodl — primary (person)
• Marklein — primary (person)
• Nass — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced by Senators Knodl, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Murphy, O'Connor, Pronschinske, Sinicki and Wichgers introduction
• 2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-09-26T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2023-10-11T05:00:00+00:00 LRB correction
• 2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Knodl
• 2023-11-03T05:00:00+00:00 LRB correction
• 2023-11-06T06:00:00+00:00 Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
• 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 Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 amendment-passage
• 2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00 Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 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)
• 2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00 Placed on the foot of the 14th order of business on the calendar of 11-14-2023
• 2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment 1 adopted 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
• 2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 27, Noes 6 passage, reading-3
• 2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00 Received from Senate receipt
• 2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-01-23T06:00:00+00:00 Made a special order of business at 10:17 AM on 1-25-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23
• 2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and concurred in passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00 Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor
• 2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00 Received from Assembly concurred in receipt
• 2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00 Report correctly enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Recalled fron enrolling pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 113
• 2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Available for scheduling
• 2024-02-16T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator LeMahieu
• 2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment 2 adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and passed passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Received from Senate receipt
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Read
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and concurred in passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00 Received from Assembly concurred in receipt
• 2024-02-29T06:00:00+00:00 Report correctly enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04T06:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor on 3-4-2024 by directive of the Majority Leader executive-receipt
• 2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Report approved by the Governor on 3-8-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 105 executive-signature
• 2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Published 3-9-2024 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93e242ac-b5bc-490d-8e6d-3167e72f9e87. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).