republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/sb-728.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: license fee exemptions for a dog that is a service animal. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: license fee exemptions for a dog that is a service animal. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 728"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 728 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cabral-Guevara", "Carpenter", "Spreitzer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-11-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a2da5c3-14d5-4e65-9024-79be11628c20"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb728"
source_hash: "b9ad6ab3d78c9b9b78ead9bc11056642ee85f3b4efb6e3386c809ca094161d77"
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 728 (2023) — Relating to: license fee exemptions for a dog that is a service animal. (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/SB728)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cabral-Guevara — primary (person)
- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Gustafson, Doyle, C. Anderson, Behnke, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Jacobson, Joers, Magnafici, Murphy, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Ratcliff and Sinicki `introduction`
- **2023-11-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-12-15T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Clancy added as a cosponsor
- **2023-12-15T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Madison added as a cosponsor
- **2023-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-12-22T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **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** Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- **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, Ayes 97, Noes 0 `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`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 189 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-23-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a2da5c3-14d5-4e65-9024-79be11628c20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).