Assembly Bill 926
Shoreline maintenance in outlying waters
Became law
The governor signed it on Apr 17, 2018. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Feb 9, 2018
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed 59 to 34
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Mar 20, 2018
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2017 Wisconsin Act 281
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 17, 2018: “Published 4-17-2018”
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Roll call
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What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill exempts from Department of Natural Resources permitting requirements certain shoreline maintenance activities in Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay, Sawyer's Harbor, and the Fox River from its mouth up to the dam at De Pere (outlying waters).
Under current law, a person must obtain one or more permits from DNR in order to conduct certain activities in or near navigable waterways, including placing structures or deposits in navigable waters, manually removing aquatic plants from navigable waters, and removing material from the bed of a navigable water. The bed of a navigable water includes the area between the water's edge and the ordinary high-water mark (shoreline area). This bill exempts from these permit requirements certain shoreline maintenance activities that are conducted in the shoreline area of outlying waters, including leveling sand, grooming soil, removing debris, and mowing vegetation.
Who's behind it
6 representatives are its . All 6 are Republicans.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Terry Katsma · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Devin LeMahieu · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There were 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Environment and Forestry vote to recommend it
Passed, 8 to 4 · Feb 20, 2018
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 Environment and Forestry, Ayes 8, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 59 to 34 · Feb 22, 2018 · 5 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (59)
- Adam Jarchow (R, 28)
- Adam Neylon (R, 15)
- Amy Loudenbeck (R, 31)
- André Jacque (R, 1)
- Chuck Wichgers (R, 84)
- Cindi Duchow (R, 97)
- Cody Horlacher (R, 33)
- Dale Kooyenga (R, 5)
- Dan Knodl (R, 24)
- David Steffen (R, 4)
- Edward Brooks (R, 50)
- Gary Tauchen (R, 6)
- James Edming (R, 87)
- Janel Brandtjen (R, 22)
- Jeff Mursau (R, 36)
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R, 52)
- Jessie Rodriguez (R, 21)
- Jim Ott (R, 23)
- Jim Steineke (R, 5)
- Joan Ballweg (R, 14)
- Joe Sanfelippo (R, 15)
- Joel Kitchens (R, 1)
- Joel Kleefisch (R, 38)
- John Jagler (R, 13)
- John Macco (R, 88)
- John Nygren (R, 89)
- John Spiros (R, 86)
- Kathleen Bernier (R, 23)
- Ken Skowronski (R, 82)
- Kevin Petersen (R, 57)
- Lee Nerison (R, 96)
- Mark Born (R, 37)
- Mary Felzkowski (R, 12)
- Michael Schraa (R, 53)
- Mike Kuglitsch (R, 84)
- Mike Rohrkaste (R, 55)
- Nancy VanderMeer (R, 70)
- Pat Snyder (R, 85)
- Paul Tittl (R, 25)
- Rick Gundrum (R, 58)
- Rob Brooks (R, 59)
- Rob Hutton (R, 5)
- Rob Stafsholt (R, 10)
- Rob Summerfield (R, 68)
- Rob Swearingen (R, 34)
- Robin Vos (R, 33)
- Romaine Quinn (R, 25)
- Ron Tusler (R, 3)
- Samantha Kerkman (R, 61)
- Scott Allen (R, 82)
- Scott Krug (R, 72)
- Terry Katsma (R, 26)
- Thomas Weatherston (R, 62)
- Todd Novak (R, 51)
- Travis Tranel (R, 49)
- Treig Pronschinske (R, 29)
- Tyler August (R, 31)
- Tyler Vorpagel (R, 27)
- Warren Petryk (R, 93)
No (34)
- Amanda Stuck (D, 57)
- Beth Meyers (D, 74)
- Chris Taylor (D, 76)
- Christine Sinicki (D, 20)
- Dana Wachs (D, 91)
- Daniel Riemer (D, 7)
- Dave Considine (D, 81)
- David Bowen (D, 10)
- David Crowley (D, 17)
- Dianne Hesselbein (D, 27)
- Don Vruwink (D, 43)
- Eric Genrich (D, 90)
- Evan Goyke (D, 18)
- Frederick Kessler (D, 12)
- Gary Hebl (D, 46)
- Gordon Hintz (D, 54)
- Greta Neubauer (D, 66)
- Jason Fields (D, 11)
- Jill Billings (D, 95)
- Jimmy Anderson (D, 47)
- JoCasta Zamarripa (D, 8)
- Jonathan Brostoff (D, 19)
- Josh Zepnick (D, 9)
- Katrina Shankland (D, 71)
- Leon Young (D, 16)
- Lisa Subeck (D, 79)
- Mark Spreitzer (D, 15)
- Melissa Sargent (D, 48)
- Nick Milroy (D, 73)
- Peter Barca (D, 64)
- Sondy Pope (D, 80)
- Steve Doyle (D, 94)
- Terese Berceau (D, 77)
- Tod Ohnstad (D, 65)
Didn't vote (5)
- Bob Kulp (R, 69)
- Dave Murphy (R, 56)
- Debra Kolste (D, 44)
- Jesse Kremer (R, 59)
- Shannon Zimmerman (R, 30)
Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 15, 2018
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 17, 2018
The new law was published.
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Apr 17, 2018
The governor signed it. It became 2017 Wisconsin Act 281.
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Apr 12, 2018
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 20, 2018
The Senate passed it too.
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Mar 15, 2018
“Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)
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Mar 12, 2018
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Feb 23, 2018
The Senate received it.
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Feb 22, 2018
The Assembly passed it, 59 to 34.
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Feb 20, 2018
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 20, 2018
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 4.
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Feb 19, 2018
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 9, 2018
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Environment and Forestry.
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Feb 9, 2018
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 9, 2018 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Nygren, R. Brooks, Katsma, Kitchens, Steffen and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, LeMahieu, Hansen and Stroebel
- Feb 9, 2018 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment and Forestry
- Feb 19, 2018 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 8, Noes 4
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 1:23 PM on 2-22-2018 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 27
- Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 59, Noes 34
- Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 23, 2018 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Mar 12, 2018 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Mar 12, 2018 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 15, 2018 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Mar 15, 2018 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 21, 2018 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Mar 29, 2018 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 3-29-2018
- Apr 12, 2018 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 4-12-2018
- Apr 17, 2018 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 4-16-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 281
- Apr 17, 2018 · Assembly
Published 4-17-2018
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote