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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 602

Designation, modification, and termination of agricultural enterprise areas

Topics: Administrative rules, Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of, Farmland preservation

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 21, 2012

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass 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, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) administers the Farmland Preservation Program, which contains some of the requirements that a farmer must meet to qualify for the farmland preservation tax credit. Under current law, one requirement for qualifying for the tax credit is that the farmland must either be in a farmland preservation zoning district or be covered by a farmland preservation agreement executed by DATCP. Current law prohibits DATCP from entering into new farmland preservation agreements unless the farmland is in an agricultural enterprise area targeted for agricultural preservation and development. Under current law, DATCP designates agricultural enterprise areas by rule. The law allows DATCP to use emergency rule-making procedures to designate agricultural enterprise areas.

Under this bill, DATCP designates agricultural enterprise areas by order, rather than by rule.

Who's behind it

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

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 8 names

Authors (6)

Signed on in support (2)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Agriculture vote to recommend it

Passed, 13 to 0 · Feb 27, 2012

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 Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 27, 2012

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Feb 27, 2012

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 0.

  4. Feb 23, 2012

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Feb 21, 2012

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture.

  6. Feb 21, 2012

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Nerison, Clark, Vruwink, A. Ott, Tranel and Spanbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Schultz and Holperin

  2. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture

  3. Feb 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 27, 2012 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  6. Feb 27, 2012 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-6-2012 by committee on Rules

  8. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:36 A.M. on 3-13-2012 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22

  9. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  10. Mar 23, 2012 · 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.

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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

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

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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

Roll call

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

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary