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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Senate Bill 847

Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2023-24 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE)

Became law

The governor signed it on Feb 2, 2024. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Dec 26, 2023

  2. Committee, passed

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 32 to 0

  4. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed 96 to 1

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2023 Wisconsin Act 93

Latest entry in the official record, Feb 2, 2024: “Published 2-3-2024”

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What it does

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This proposal is introduced under s. 111.92 (1), stats. The proposal ratifies the collective bargaining contract for state employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit negotiated for the 2023-24 fiscal year under the State Employment Labor Relations Act. Currently, statutory program supplement appropriations fund the costs of collective bargaining agreements to the extent that they exceed budgeted costs. The proposal authorizes expenditure of moneys from those appropriations to fund the cost of this agreement.

Who's behind it

The Joint Committee on Employment Relations introduced it.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 96 to 1 · Jan 16, 2024 · 2 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (96)

No (1)

Didn't vote (2)

Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 32 to 0 · Jan 16, 2024 · 1 didn't vote

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Feb 2, 2024

    The new law was published.

  2. Feb 2, 2024

    The governor signed it. It became 2023 Wisconsin Act 93.

  3. Feb 1, 2024

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Jan 16, 2024

    The Assembly passed it too, 96 to 1.

  5. Jan 16, 2024

    “Read” (the official wording)

  6. Jan 16, 2024

    The Assembly received it.

  7. Jan 16, 2024

    The Senate passed it, 32 to 0.

  8. Jan 16, 2024

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  9. Dec 26, 2023

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  10. Dec 26, 2023

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 26, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Joint Committee on Employment Relations

  2. Dec 26, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Senate Organization

  3. Dec 26, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  4. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  5. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  7. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  8. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  9. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0

  10. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  11. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  12. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Read

  13. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up

  14. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  17. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 96, Noes 1

  18. Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  20. Jan 19, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  21. Feb 1, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-1-2024

  22. Feb 2, 2024 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 2-2-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 93

  23. Feb 2, 2024 · Senate

    Published 2-3-2024

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

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

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