republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/sb-518.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: University of Wisconsin System branch campus redevelopment grants, including a grant to Richland County, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: University of Wisconsin System branch campus redevelopment grants, including a grant to Richland County, and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 518"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 518 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marklein", "Testin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e801f22-f76e-41a1-9337-5152e551c29c"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb518"
source_hash: "8735c1970e80bd5217cb231980d8e1e219a5ccf475715e56b57d9376c408c01e"
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 518 (2023) — Relating to: University of Wisconsin System branch campus redevelopment grants, including a grant to Richland County, and making an appropriation. (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/2023/REG/SB518)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB518-SA1)
3. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB518-SSA1)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marklein — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Dallman, Dittrich, Duchow, Gundrum, Michalski, Novak, O'Connor and Oldenburg `introduction`
- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Armstrong added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Tomczyk added as a coauthor
- **2023-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Tranel added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-11-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2023-12-06T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2024-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Wimberger added as a coauthor
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 27, Noes 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **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, Ayes 96, Noes 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor with partial veto on 3-29-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 250 `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2024-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-30-2024 `became-law`
- **2024-05-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-14-2024 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
- **2024-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Failed to pass partial veto notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82 `failure`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e801f22-f76e-41a1-9337-5152e551c29c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).