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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: recommendations from the Ethics Commission regarding campaign finance, lobbying, open records, and closed sessions. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: recommendations from the Ethics Commission regarding campaign finance, lobbying, open records, and closed sessions. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 741"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 741 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James", "Knodl"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9575ae7-8b12-44ef-b5ca-08dcc287c0f2"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb741"
source_hash: "f8029a132862a4a476b1c8ac4f002cbbf42e83c751667b72e2d46bc372a350eb"
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 741 (2023) — Relating to: recommendations from the Ethics Commission regarding campaign finance, lobbying, open records, and closed sessions. (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/SB741)
2. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB741-SA2)
## Votes
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **50** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **320** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **50** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- James — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Knodl and James; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Melotik, Conley, Gundrum, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez and Penterman `introduction`
- **2023-12-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Knodl
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Knodl
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **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** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from joint committee on Finance and take up
- **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, Ayes 32, Noes 0 `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`
- **2024-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2024-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-11-2024 by directive of the Majority Leader `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-14-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 120 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-15-2024 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9575ae7-8b12-44ef-b5ca-08dcc287c0f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).