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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 311

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Relating to: state aid for prizes awarded at local fairs. (FE)

Agricultural societies Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Fair

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer

Protection provides state aid to counties, agricultural societies, associations, and

boards that hold local fairs to cover the cost of prizes paid out to exhibitors, up to

$10,000 per fair. This bill increases that maximum to $20,000 per fair.

Current law also provides that an entity operating a fair may impose

restrictions on the total number of fairs at which an exhibitor may participate in

order to be eligible, at that fair, for a prize that is paid for with state aid. This bill

keeps this provision, but provides that DATCP may not impose such restrictions.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Feyen (R) , Marklein (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Stroebel (R)

20 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , C. Anderson (D) , Conley (D) , Edming (R) , Green (R) , Jacobson (D) , Kurtz (R) , Magnafici (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Plumer (R) , Ratcliff (D) , Schmidt (R) , Schutt (R) , Shankland (D) , Stafsholt (R) , Summerfield (R) , Tittl (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Aug 31, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. May 24, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Feyen, Marklein, Spreitzer and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Schutt, Armstrong, Behnke, Edming, Green, Magnafici, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Plumer, Schmidt, Summerfield, Tittl and Shankland

  2. May 24, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism

  3. May 25, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Stafsholt added as a coauthor

  4. Jun 19, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jul 27, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Aug 30, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Aug 31, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  8. Aug 31, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Sep 12, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 9-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Sep 14, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Sep 14, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  12. Sep 14, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Sep 14, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Sep 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Sep 14, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Sep 21, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Conley added as a cosponsor

  17. Oct 16, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  18. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  19. Oct 26, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  20. Feb 8, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 by Committee on Rules

  21. Feb 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative C. Anderson added as a cosponsor

  22. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  23. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  24. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  26. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  27. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Feb 14, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  29. Feb 19, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  30. Mar 21, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024

  31. Mar 28, 2024 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 244

  32. Mar 28, 2024 · Senate

    Published 3-28-2024