Assembly Bill 309
Dry cask storage of spent fuel from nuclear power plants and granting rule-making authority
Topics: County: Finance, Municipality: Finance, Public Service Commission, Public utility, Radiation
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jun 8, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires a public utility that uses dry cask storage to store spent fuel from a nuclear power plant to make annual payments to the city, village, or town (municipality), and to the county, in which the spent fuel is stored. As defined under current law, a "nuclear power plant" is a nuclear-fired electric generating facility with a nominal operating capacity of 100 megawatts or more. Dry cask storage is a method of storage that the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission allows a nuclear power plant to use after the plant reaches its capacity for on-site storage in water pools. The bill requires a public utility to pay a municipality $250,000 for each year or portion of the year the public utility uses dry cask storage to store spent fuel in the municipality. Also, the public utility must pay a county $150,000 for each year or portion of a year that the public utility uses dry cask storage to store spent fuel in the county.
In addition, a public utility must pay a municipality $40,000 for each dry cask for each year or portion of a year that spent fuel is stored in a dry cask in the municipality. Finally, the bill requires the Public Service Commission to promulgate rules implementing the bill's requirements and adjusting the payment amounts described above every five years to account for inflation.
Who's behind it
4 lawmakers are its . 3 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (4)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Sep 15, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jun 22, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 8, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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Jun 8, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jun 8, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Bies, Ballweg, Berceau and Spanbauer;Cosponsored by Senator A. Lasee
- Jun 8, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Energy and Utilities
- Jun 22, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 15, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. 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
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
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