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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 296

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Relating to: signs informing about Lyme disease in state parks, state trails, state recreational areas, and state forests and making an appropriation. (FE)

Disease District attorney Forestry Health services department of — Administration Natural resources department of — Environmental protection Recreation Recreation vehicle State park

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with

the Department of Health Services, to design signs to raise awareness of Lyme

disease, inform about how to prevent tick bites, and encourage people to check for

ticks after visits to state parks, state trails, state recreational areas, and state

forests. The bill requires DNR to post at least one sign in each state park, state trail,

state recreational area, and state forest in a common area where it is most likely to

be seen by visitors, such as a park entrance, trailhead, or campground. The bill

appropriates $12,500 in fiscal year 2019-20 for this purpose.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Hansen (D) , Larson (D) , Miller (D) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Ringhand (D) , Smith (D)

30 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , B. Meyers (D) , Bewley (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , Gruszynski (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Kitchens (R) , Kulp (R) , Milroy (D) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Oldenburg (R) , Ott (R) , Pope (D) , Ramthun (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snyder (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 19, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Oct 4, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Oct 4, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 33–0 Oct 8, 2019 official source full page

Assembly: CONCURRENCE

Passed 99–0 Jan 15, 2020 official source full page

Aye · 99

Full history

  1. Jun 21, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cowles, Miller, Carpenter, Hansen, Larson, Olsen, Petrowski, Ringhand and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Milroy, Anderson, Considine, Crowley, Edming, Emerson, Gruszynski, Hesselbein, Kulp, B. Meyers, Ohnstad, Ott, Pope, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Snyder, Spiros, Spreitzer, Tauchen, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt and Tusler

  2. Jun 21, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

  3. Jun 24, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Rohrkaste added as a cosponsor

  4. Jul 18, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Aug 15, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor

  6. Aug 19, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Oldenburg added as a cosponsor

  7. Sep 3, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Sep 18, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  9. Sep 19, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  10. Sep 19, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Oct 4, 2019 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  12. Oct 4, 2019 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  13. Oct 4, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  17. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  18. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Senator Bewley added as a coauthor

  19. Oct 8, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Oct 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  21. Jan 13, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  22. Jan 13, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-15-2020 by Committee on Rules

  23. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  24. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  26. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 99, Noes 0

  27. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Jan 15, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  29. Jan 16, 2020 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  30. Jan 17, 2020 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 1-17-2020

  31. Jan 22, 2020 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 1-21-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 73

  32. Jan 22, 2020 · Senate

    Published 1-22-2020