Senate Bill 577
Regulating and monitoring airborne particulate matter and respirable silica and granting rule-making authority. (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 15, 2016
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires an owner or operator of an industrial sand mining or processing facility to monitor the ambient air near the facility for small crystalline silica particles and other particulate matter and report the results to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Under current law, DNR may require an owner or operator of an air contaminant source to monitor the ambient air near the air contaminant source and report the results.
This bill also requires DNR to promulgate an ambient air quality standard for small crystalline silica particles. Under current law, DNR may promulgate an ambient air quality standard for an air contaminant for which a standard has not been promulgated under the federal Clean Air Act, but only if certain conditions are met. Silica is not a contaminant for which a standard has been promulgated under the federal Clean Air Act. This bill allows DNR to promulgate an ambient air quality standard for crystalline silica without meeting the conditions required under current law.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Democrats.
15 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (15)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
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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Feb 17, 2016
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 15, 2016
Sent to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy.
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Jan 15, 2016
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 15, 2016 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Vinehout, Harris Dodd, Miller and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Danou, Berceau, Billings, Brostoff, Considine, Goyke, Mason, Milroy, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, C. Taylor, Wachs and Zepnick
- Jan 15, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- Feb 17, 2016 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2016 · Senate
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