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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 436

Stewardship funding for grants to control invasive species

Topics: Environmental protection, Lakes, Natural resource, Organization, Miscellaneous

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Sep 23, 2009

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

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

Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) administers a financial assistance program under which it awards cost-sharing grants to public and private entities for projects to control invasive species that cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. Under current administrative rules, these entities include lake districts, certain lake associations, and nonprofit conservation organizations. Moneys for these grants are appropriated from the conservation fund.

Under current law, the state may incur public debt by issuing bonds for certain conservation activities under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program, which DNR administers. The state is currently authorized to bond under two of the program's subprograms: the land acquisition subprogram and the property development and local assistance subprogram. Bonding under the property development and local assistance subprogram may generally be used only for nature-based outdoor recreation. This bill allows DNR to use stewardship bonding for these cost-sharing grants to control invasive species for nature-based outdoor recreation purposes.

Who's behind it

6 representatives are its ⁠. 4 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 7 names

Authors (6)

Signed on in support (1)

What it would cost

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

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 8, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Sep 23, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources.

  4. Sep 23, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Sep 23, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Molepske Jr., A. Ott, Pasch, Berceau, Hraychuck and Mursau;Cosponsored by Senator Holperin

  2. Sep 23, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources

  3. Oct 8, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Public hearing

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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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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