Assembly Bill 71
Aid payments on, and city, village, town, and county approval of, certain lands purchased by the Department of Natural Resources and restrictions on the purchase of land by the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands. (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 5, 2015
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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 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Mining and Rural Development. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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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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.
Under current law, the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL) may invest moneys in the common school fund, the normal school fund, the university fund, and the agricultural college fund in certain specified investments. These include bonds or notes of the United States; bonds issued by this state or the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; and bonds issued by a town, village, city, county, or school district or certain other special districts in the state.
Current law also authorizes BCPL to invest moneys in the purchase of land in this state, but establishes certain conditions on the purchase of this land for investment purposes. Current law provides that, if the land at the time of purchase was subject to assessment or levy of a real property tax, BCPL must make annual payments in lieu of property taxes to the appropriate local governmental unit in an amount equal to property taxes levied on the land in the year prior to the year in which BCPL purchased the land. This bill eliminates BCPL's authority to purchase land.
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Current law authorizes the state to incur public debt for certain conservation activities under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program (stewardship program), which is administered by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The state may incur this debt to acquire land for the state for conservation purposes and for property development activities and may award grants or state aid to certain local governmental units and nonprofit conservation organizations to acquire lands for these purposes. Current law provides that each city, village, or town (municipality) and each county may adopt a nonbinding resolution supporting or opposing the proposed acquisition of land funded under the stewardship program. This bill prohibits DNR from acquiring any land under the stewardship program without the prior approval of the governing body of each city, village, town, and county in which any of the land is located.
Currently, DNR annually pays a municipality where land purchased by DNR is located an amount based on the lesser of the purchase price or the assessed value of the land in the year before the year in which DNR purchased the land. The bill provides that DNR will not make these payments for land it purchases after June 30, 2015.
Who's behind it
19 lawmakers are its . All 19 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (19)
- Tyler August · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Mary Czaja · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Adam Neylon · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Weatherston · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · 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 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 4, 2015
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Apr 28, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 20, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 5, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Mining and Rural Development.
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Mar 5, 2015
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 5, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Sanfelippo, Craig, August, Brandtjen, R. Brooks, Czaja, Edming, Hutton, Jacque, Kapenga, Kleefisch, Kremer, Kulp, T. Larson, Neylon, Quinn, Skowronski, Thiesfeldt and Weatherston; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany and Nass
- Mar 5, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Mining and Rural Development
- Mar 20, 2015 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 28, 2015 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- May 4, 2015 · Assembly
Representative Horlacher added as a coauthor
- Apr 13, 2016 · 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