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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 857

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Relating to: creating University of Wisconsin-Extension positions for farm succession planning and making an appropriation.

Farm and farming University of wisconsin — Extension University of wisconsin — Regents

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

to create two positions to advance the UW-Extension's farm succession planning

programs. The first position is a specialist within the Center for Dairy Profitability

to assist in the financial aspects of farm succession management. The second

position is a specialist within the UW-Extension's Farm Management Institute to

assist in developing and delivering programs at the local level and focus on research,

training, and joint programming with county-based agriculture extension educators

throughout the state.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ringhand (D) , Vinehout (D)

15 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Kolste (D) , Meyers (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Vruwink (D) , Zamarripa (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 28, 2018 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Vinehout and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Considine, Vruwink, Spreitzer, Kolste, Anderson, Fields, Berceau, Sargent, Genrich, Pope, Shankland, Meyers, Goyke, Zamarripa and C. Taylor

  2. Feb 28, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges

  3. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1