Senate Bill 223
Designating and marking the Corporal Benjamin H. Neal Memorial Highway. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 26, 2024. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Apr 14, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Nov 7, 2023
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 20, 2024
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2023 Wisconsin Act 215
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 26, 2024: “Published 3-26-2024”
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, certain highway routes and bridges have been designated and marked to memorialize, commemorate, or recognize certain individuals, groups, or events. This bill directs the Department of Transportation to designate and mark STH 11 from the western border of the village of Orfordville to the eastern border of the village of Footville as the “Corporal Benjamin H. Neal Memorial Highway.”
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 3 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
22 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (22)
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Scott Johnson · Republican, Assembly
- Ellen Schutt · Republican, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Oct 10, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 26, 2024
The new law was published.
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Mar 26, 2024
The governor signed it. It became 2023 Wisconsin Act 215.
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Mar 21, 2024
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 20, 2024
The Assembly passed it too.
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Dec 6, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Nov 7, 2023
The Assembly received it.
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Nov 7, 2023
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Nov 7, 2023
The Senate passed it.
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Oct 10, 2023
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Sep 27, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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May 24, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 26, 2023
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Apr 14, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
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Apr 14, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 14, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Spreitzer, Nass, Carpenter, Wanggaard and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Schutt, C. Anderson, Jacobson, Edming, Behnke, Cabrera, Conley, Donovan, Drake, Emerson, Joers, S. Johnson, Penterman, Ratcliff, Shankland, Sinicki, Spiros, Subeck, Wichgers and Ortiz-Velez
- Apr 14, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Apr 26, 2023 · Senate
Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor
- May 24, 2023 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 27, 2023 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Oct 6, 2023 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Oct 10, 2023 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Oct 10, 2023 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Nov 3, 2023 · Senate
Placed on calendar 11-7-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Nov 7, 2023 · Senate
Read a second time
- Nov 7, 2023 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Nov 7, 2023 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Nov 7, 2023 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Nov 7, 2023 · Senate
Senator Hesselbein added as a coauthor
- Nov 7, 2023 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Dec 6, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 21, 2024 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Feb 22, 2024 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Mar 21, 2024 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024
- Mar 26, 2024 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 3-25-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 215
- Mar 26, 2024 · Senate
Published 3-26-2024
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote