republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2019/sb-91.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: buying and selling water pollution credits through a central clearinghouse. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: buying and selling water pollution credits through a central clearinghouse. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 91 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernier", "Cowles", "Darling", "Feyen", "Jacque", "Johnson", "Larson", "Marklein", "Miller", "Olsen", "Petrowski", "Ringhand", "Schachtner", "Stroebel", "Testin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a57de640-5e74-4241-871b-5e5c2b5c8773"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb91"
source_hash: "0e89a3f8775cc7e69d69b9e30bbabc40e2f2c1ae978a8b649d414856d28db063"
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 91 (2019) — Relating to: buying and selling water pollution credits through a central clearinghouse. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/SB91)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB91-SA1-SA1)

## Votes

- Report introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 30, Noes 2 — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernier — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Schachtner — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles, Petrowski, Bernier, Darling, Feyen, Jacque, Johnson, Larson, Marklein, Miller, Olsen, Ringhand, Schachtner, Stroebel and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Oldenburg, Gruszynski, Tauchen, Krug, Brooks, Considine, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, Felzkowski, Fields, Hebl, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Macco, Mursau, Nygren, Ott, Pronschinske, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Sinicki, Skowronski, Snyder, Spreitzer, Spiros, Steffen, Stuck, Summerfield, Tittl, Tusler and Vruwink `introduction`
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Hansen added as a coauthor
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Felzkowski withdrawn as a cosponsor
- **2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-15-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Tiffany `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 30, Noes 2 `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-18-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2020-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 151 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-4-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a57de640-5e74-4241-871b-5e5c2b5c8773`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).