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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 999

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Relating to: Groundwater Coordinating Council activities funding and making an appropriation. (FE)

Natural resources department of — Environmental protection University of wisconsin — Finance

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Groundwater Coordinating Council is attached to the

Department of Natural Resources and advises and assists state agencies in the

coordination of nonregulatory programs and the exchange of information related to

groundwater. The council is made up of several members, including the DNR

secretary and the president of the University of Wisconsin System.

This bill appropriates $500,000 each to DNR and to the Board of Regents of the

UW System for their respective activities related to the Groundwater Coordinating

Council.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Billings (D) , Considine (D) , Hebl (D) , Kolste (D) , Neubauer (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D)

3 cosponsors

Larson (D) , Miller (D) , Smith (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Shankland, Billings, Anderson, Hebl, Kolste, Neubauer, Sargent, Vruwink, Spreitzer, Subeck, Pope and Considine; cosponsored by Senators Miller, Smith and Larson

  2. Mar 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Mar 24, 2020 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 31, 2020 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1