Assembly Bill 859
Replacement and maintenance of existing culverts and design and engineering work for the construction and placement of certain culverts. (FE)
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.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 10, 2014
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Environment and Forestry. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law generally prohibits any person from constructing, placing, or maintaining a culvert in or over a navigable water without being issued an individual permit by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) or without receiving authorization to proceed under a statewide general permit issued by DNR.
Under current law, a culvert is exempt from these permitting requirements if it is replacing an existing culvert and it either does not have an inside diameter that exceeds 24 inches or it is in compliance with the conditions imposed by the applicable permit.
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This bill adds an exemption for a culvert that is replacing an existing culvert that is not authorized by an individual or a general permit. Under the bill, the replacement culvert is exempt if it is the same length, diameter, and size as the existing culvert, if it will not have a lower the flow rate capacity than the existing culvert, and it will be at the same location and have the same slope as the existing permit.
Under the bill, a replacement culvert may not have an inside diameter that exceeds 48 inches in diameter if it is being constructed or placed on a navigable water that is identified by DNR as an outstanding or exceptional resource water.
Also, the bill exempts from the individual and general permitting requirements the maintenance of a culvert if the flow rate capacity will not be decreased as a result of the maintenance.
Under the bill, DNR must be responsible for the design and engineering costs in determining whether the construction or placement of a culvert is exempt from or subject to the general or individual permitting process that applies to culverts.
Who's behind it
15 lawmakers are its . All 15 are Republicans.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (15)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Czaja · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Williams · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Tiffany · 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 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 27, 2014
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 10, 2014
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Environment and Forestry.
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Mar 10, 2014
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 10, 2014 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Jacque, A. Ott, Bernier, Tittl, Spiros, Sanfelippo, Thiesfeldt, Kulp, Czaja, Skowronski, Brooks, Swearingen, Krug, Schraa and Williams; cosponsored by Senators Lasee, Tiffany, Grothman and Schultz
- Mar 10, 2014 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment and Forestry
- Mar 27, 2014 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2014 · 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