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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Senate Bill 301

The application of shoreland zoning ordinances to certain unincorporated areas

Topics: County: Ordinance, Municipality: Incorporation, Natural Resources, Department of: Environmental protection, Shoreland zoning

Passed the Senate, then stopped

The Senate passed it on Feb 23, 2010, but the Assembly never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Sep 23, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Feb 23, 2010

  4. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Assembly never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

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

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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, a county must enact a shoreland zoning ordinance for shorelands in its unincorporated area. Current law defines a shoreland as an area within a certain distance from the edge of a navigable water. If a county does not enact a shoreland zoning ordinance or if the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) determines that the county has enacted an ordinance that fails to meet certain standards, then DNR must adopt a shoreland zoning ordinance for the county.

This bill provides that a county shoreland zoning ordinance enacted by a county or adopted by DNR for a county does not apply to areas meeting certain criteria.

Read the full summary

Under the bill, a shoreland zoning ordinance does not apply if the majority of the buildings and structures in the area have been used since January 1, 1990, to conduct the affairs of small business, if all of the roads in the area are paved, if the area receives public water and sewer service, and if the area meets all other requirements specified by DNR by rule. The bill requires that every county that enacts a shoreland zoning ordinance include a provision in the ordinance that identifies areas that are exempt from the ordinance based on the specified criteria. The bill provides that, if DNR determines, after notice and hearing, that an area identified in an ordinance as exempt does not meet the specified criteria for exemption, the ordinance applies to that area.

Who's behind it

4 senators are its ⁠. 3 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.

5 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 9 names

Authors (4)

Signed on in support (5)

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 vote to recommend it

Passed, 7 to 0 · Feb 12, 2010

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, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 23, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources.

  3. Feb 24, 2010

    The Assembly received it.

  4. Feb 23, 2010

    The Senate passed it.

  5. Feb 12, 2010

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.

  6. Jan 20, 2010

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  7. Jan 14, 2010

    The committee held a public hearing.

  8. Sep 23, 2009

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.

  9. Sep 23, 2009

    Introduced in the Senate.

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

    Introduced by Senators Holperin, Jauch, Taylor and Olsen;Cosponsored by Representatives Meyer, Gunderson, Ballweg, Molepske Jr. and Townsend

  2. Sep 23, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources

  3. Jan 14, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 20, 2010 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 11, 2010 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 12, 2010 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  7. Feb 12, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Feb 18, 2010 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-23-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Feb 23, 2010 · Senate

    Read a second time

  10. Feb 23, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Feb 23, 2010 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  12. Feb 23, 2010 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Feb 23, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Feb 24, 2010 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Mar 23, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources

  16. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary

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

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

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

More in the glossary

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary