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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 84

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Relating to: the private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation grant program and a septage characterization study. (FE)

Municipality — Finance Reports Safety and professional services department of Sanitation and sewerage management Sunset Supreme court University of wisconsin — Stevens point

  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

2017 Wisconsin Act 59

, the 2017 biennial budget act, repealed, effective June

30, 2021, a program the Department of Safety and Professional Services administers

to provide grants to persons and businesses that are served by failing private on-site

wastewater treatment systems (POWTS), which are commonly known as septic

tanks. This bill delays the elimination of the POWTS grant program to June 30,

2023.

The bill requires DSPS to prepare literature that describes the eligibility for

receiving a POWTS grant for a residence. Under the bill, DSPS supplies the

literature to counties, and counties must distribute the literature to recipients of

public benefits.

The bill also requires DSPS to fund a study that analyzes and makes

recommendations on practices that mitigate the risk of contaminating ground and

surface waters with septage. The Department of Soil and Waste Resources of the

College of Natural Resources of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point must

conduct the study and submit a report to the legislature by December 31, 2022.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Cowles (R) , Jacque (R) , Marklein (R) , Smith (D) , Testin (R)

14 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Cabrera (D) , Doyle (D) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Milroy (D) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Petryk (R) , Rozar (R) , Summerfield (R)

Votes

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

Passed 5–0 Mar 18, 2021 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 29–4 May 11, 2021 official source full page

Full history

  1. Feb 5, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jacque, Testin, Ballweg, Cowles, Marklein and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Kurtz, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Doyle, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Petryk, Rozar, Summerfield and Cabrera

  2. Feb 5, 2021 · Senate

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

  3. Feb 23, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 1, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 11, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Mar 17, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Mar 18, 2021 · Senate

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

  8. Mar 18, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Apr 9, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. May 7, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-11-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 29, Noes 4

  15. May 11, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. May 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  17. Jun 15, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  18. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-22-2021 by Committee on Rules

  19. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  20. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Milroy added as a cosponsor

  25. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  27. Jun 28, 2021 · Senate

    LRB correction

  28. Jun 28, 2021 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  29. Jul 6, 2021 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 7-6-2021

  30. Jul 9, 2021 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 7-8-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 67

  31. Jul 9, 2021 · Senate

    Published 7-9-2021