republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/sb-247.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: an agricultural roads improvement grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: an agricultural roads improvement grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 247 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bradley", "Cabral-Guevara", "Cowles", "Felzkowski", "Feyen", "James", "Marklein", "Pfaff", "Quinn", "Spreitzer", "Testin", "Tomczyk", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e7c1c0c-1710-4bdd-b74b-6a207d4415dc"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb247"
source_hash: "4b7958e3e071b672caa453a9b1e8a964cee5ebdeb04196ad552b11458b69be4b"
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 247 (2023) — Relating to: an agricultural roads improvement grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB247-ASA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/SB247)
3. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB247-SSA1-SA1)
4. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB247-SSA1-SA2)
5. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB247-SSA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bradley — primary (person)
- Cabral-Guevara — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Pfaff — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Marklein, Tomczyk, Ballweg, Cabral-Guevara, Cowles, Felzkowski, Feyen, James, Pfaff, Quinn, Spreitzer, Testin, Wanggaard and Bradley; cosponsored by Representatives Tranel, VanderMeer, Novak, C. Anderson, Armstrong, Behnke, Binsfeld, Callahan, Conley, Dittrich, Edming, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Hurd, Kitchens, Krug, Kurtz, Magnafici, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Oldenburg, Penterman, Petryk, Plumer, Rettinger, Rozar, Sapik, Schmidt, Schraa, Shankland, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Summerfield, Swearingen, Wittke and Tittl `introduction`
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-05-22T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2023-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
- **2023-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-05-31T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2023-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-02T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-7-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Nedweski and Wichgers added as cosponsors
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tranel
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in as amended `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage, receipt`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Taken off the Assembly message, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1b)
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 6-16-2023 by directive of the Majority Leader `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 6-21-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 13 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Published 6-22-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e7c1c0c-1710-4bdd-b74b-6a207d4415dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).