Assembly Bill 921
Providing positions and funding related to PFAS management zones, creating a municipal grant program for PFAS testing, 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 17, 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 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Environment. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates a municipal grant program for testing for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and authorizes and funds several positions and activities relating to PFAS.
Under the bill, the Department of Natural Resources must award grants to municipalities that are located in PFAS management zones established under the procedure outlined in 2019 Senate Bill .... (LRB -5179), for the purpose of complying with any PFAS testing requirements or conducting any voluntary PFAS testing of drinking water, surface water, wastewater, groundwater, biosolids, soil, and sediment, including lake and river bed sediment. The bill provides a $200,000 GPR continuing appropriation in fiscal year 2019-20 to fund this grant program, $100,000 of which is reallocated under the bill from the existing agricultural chemical cleanup fund.
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The bill also provides $150,000 in a continuing GPR appropriation in fiscal year 2019-20 for sampling and testing for PFAS when establishing PFAS management zones under the procedure outlined in 2019 Senate Bill .... (LRB -5179), and for sampling and testing within established zones. The bill also creates a $50,000 continuing GPR appropriation in fiscal year 2019-20 for studying containment, treatment, remediation, and disposal techniques for PFAS in watersheds that contain PFAS management zones.
In addition, the bill authorizes DNR to create 1.0 GPR project position for a PFAS management zone coordinator, and creates a sum sufficient GPR appropriation to fund this position. Under the bill, the position terminates, and no money may be expended for the position, after four and a half years.
The bill also authorizes DNR to create 1.0 GPR position for activities related to PFAS management zones under the provisions of 2019 Senate Bill .... (LRB -5179).
Funding for this position may be authorized by a supplemental appropriation authorized by the joint committee on finance.
Finally, the bill increases funding for the existing well compensation program, administered by DNR, by $100,000 in fiscal year 2020-21, for certain claims based on PFAS contamination.
Who's behind it
5 representatives are its . All 5 are Republicans.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 27, 2020
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 17, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Environment.
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Feb 17, 2020
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 17, 2020 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Mursau, Novak, Krug and Swearingen; cosponsored by Senators Cowles and Petrowski
- Feb 17, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment
- Feb 27, 2020 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 1, 2020 · 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
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