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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 900

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Relating to: creating a flood mitigation program in the Department of Transportation, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Bridge County — Finance Floodplain management Municipality — Finance Road — Construction and repair Town — Finance Transportation department of — Roads Village — Finance

  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 Department of Transportation to administer a flood

mitigation program to provide counties, cities, towns, and villages with grants

reimbursing up to 50 percent of the cost of modifying, replacing, or relocating

highway culverts or bridges at risk of substantial impact from flooding.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Larson (D) , Ringhand (D) , Schachtner (D) , Smith (D)

15 cosponsors

B. Meyers (D) , Billings (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Doyle (D) , Gruszynski (D) , Hebl (D) , Milroy (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Zamarripa (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 19, 2020 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Bewley, Smith, Schachtner, Erpenbach, Ringhand, Carpenter and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Considine, B. Meyers, Milroy, C. Taylor, Zamarripa, Spreitzer, Hebl, Sargent, Sinicki, Shankland, Ohnstad, Billings, Neubauer, Gruszynski and Doyle

  2. Mar 19, 2020 · Senate

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

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1