republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/sb-520.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: inclusion of like-kin as an option for with whom children may be placed out of their home under certain circumstances and who may receive kinship care payments."
description: "Relating to: inclusion of like-kin as an option for with whom children may be placed out of their home under certain circumstances and who may receive kinship care payments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 520"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 520 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Carpenter", "Hesselbein", "James", "L. Johnson", "Larson", "Roys", "Smith", "Spreitzer", "Tomczyk"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/893f3015-b5ce-4fb9-aed7-6937ee3ad8cd"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb520"
source_hash: "ca56136da3c959b69f37ba8d1aa13751c194f8f7a4be4c055121ce774791f89b"
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 520 (2023) — Relating to: inclusion of like-kin as an option for with whom children may be placed out of their home under certain circumstances and who may receive kinship care payments.

## 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/SB520)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB520-SA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Hesselbein — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Roys — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Ballweg, James, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Armstrong, Baldeh, Behnke, Billings, Callahan, Conley, Considine, Dittrich, Donovan, Doyle, Goeben, Gustafson, Hong, Joers, Kitchens, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Rettinger, Rozar, Sapik, Snodgrass, Stubbs and Subeck `introduction`
- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Agard added as a coauthor
- **2023-10-18T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Plumer added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Sinicki, Vining and Zimmerman added as cosponsors
- **2023-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Clancy added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-27T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-27T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Cabral-Guevara added as a coauthor
- **2023-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Andraca and Shelton added as cosponsors
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Ballweg
- **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 Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Emerson and Madison added as cosponsors
- **2023-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Bare added as a cosponsor
- **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 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-01-02T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Allen added as a cosponsor
- **2024-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-15-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives C. Anderson and Michalski added as cosponsors
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-11-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-14-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 119 `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/893f3015-b5ce-4fb9-aed7-6937ee3ad8cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).