Assembly Bill 919
Providing farmers technical assistance related to water quality, organic production, and soil health; increasing cost-share rates; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (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
Feb 14, 2020
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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 15, 2020: “Fiscal estimate received”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Agriculture. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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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 does the following regarding water quality, organic production, soil health, and county conservation staffing:
1. Authorizes two positions in the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection for providing technical and administrative support to producer-led watershed protection groups. Under current law, producer-led watershed protection groups conduct nonpoint source pollution abatement activities with assistance from grants from DATCP.
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2. Authorizes three laboratory positions in DATCP.
3. Authorizes a position for DATCP to connect farmers with technologies that address water quality concerns.
4. Authorizes a position for DATCP to provide technical assistance to farmers to become certified as an organic operation.
5. Authorizes two positions in DATCP to implement soil health programs. The bill requires DATCP to assist farmers in promoting soil health, provide soil health training to agronomists, establish a nutrient stewardship certification program, and provide grants for farmers to purchase equipment necessary for reducing surface runoff from farm fields.
6. Increases the amount of cost-sharing available, from 70 percent to up to 100 percent of costs, under the nonpoint source pollution abatement program for projects that are located in sensitive areas, as determined by the Department of Natural Resources by rule.
7. Specifically directs DNR to promulgate targeted runoff standards if statewide standards are insufficient to meet water quality standards.
Who's behind it
25 lawmakers are its . All 25 are Democrats.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (25)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Staush Gruszynski · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Patty Schachtner · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 15, 2020
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 14, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture.
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Feb 14, 2020
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 14, 2020 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Shankland, Pope, Hebl, Anderson, Billings, Brostoff, Emerson, Fields, Neubauer, Sargent, Spreitzer, C. Taylor, Zamarripa, Cabrera, Considine, Doyle, Gruszynski, Hesselbein, Kolste, Milroy, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Miller, Smith, Risser, Erpenbach, Larson, Ringhand and Schachtner
- Feb 14, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture
- Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Apr 15, 2020 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
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