Assembly Bill 826
The preparation of an environmental impact statement for a certain major highway project in Wood County. (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
Jan 29, 2016
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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 Transportation. 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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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 Transportation (DOT) administers a major highway projects program. With limited exceptions, a major highway project is either 1) a project having a total cost of more than $30,000,000 and involving a) construction of a new highway 2.5 miles or more in length; b) reconstruction or reconditioning of an existing highway that relocates at least 2.5 miles of the highway or adds one or more lanes five miles or more in length to the highway; or c) improvement of an existing multilane, divided highway to freeway standards or 2) a project having a total cost of at least $75,000,000. For both categories of major highway projects, DOT annually adjusts the total cost threshold based on an inflation index.
For major highway projects of the first type, the project must generally receive the approval of the Transportation Projects Commission (TPC) and the legislature (generally referred to as "enumeration") before the project may be constructed. In general, DOT must receive authorization from TPC to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) or environmental assessment (EA). Once the EIS or EA is completed, TPC may recommend approval of the project. After TPC has recommended a project, the legislature may enumerate the project and construction of the project may commence.
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For major highway projects of the second type, DOT may prepare an EIS or EA for the project without TPC approval but, prior to construction of the project, must submit a report to TPC and request TPC approval to proceed with the project under a passive review process. Once approved by TPC, the project is considered enumerated as a major highway project under the statutes.
This bill involves a project of the first type. The bill requires DOT to study the amount of vehicle traffic on a portion of STH 13 and, if the study indicates that the traffic count on any portion of the study area averages 28,000 vehicles per day, to commence the preparation of an EIS for a project involving the construction of a proposed east arterial highway that begins at the intersection of STH 54 and STH 73 in the village of Port Edwards and extends to the intersection of STH 54 and CTH "W" in the city of Wisconsin Rapids and that includes a new crossing of the Wisconsin River. The EIS, under this bill, may be prepared without regard to whether TPC has approved the preparation of the EIS.
Who's behind it
Scott Krug, a Republican, is its .
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Author (1)
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 29, 2016
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Jan 29, 2016
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 29, 2016 · Assembly
Introduced by Representative Krug
- Jan 29, 2016 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation
- 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
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