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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Assembly Bill 1118

Safety requirements for storm water retention ponds and granting rule-making authority

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 23, 2024

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate. 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.

Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources issues water pollutant discharge elimination system (WPDES) permits and storm water discharge permits. DNR promulgates rules for the administration of both permits.

This bill requires that DNR promulgate rules establishing that any pond located in an area with a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile that is constructed as part of an activity for which a WPDES or stormwater discharge permit is required must include one or more of the following safety features: (1) a shallow ledge around the periphery of the pond; (2) vegetation that is at least 24 inches high between the pond and any easy point of access; or (3) any other alternative safety feature authorized by DNR by rule.

Who's behind it

15 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 15 are Democrats.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 17 names

Authors (15)

Signed on in support (2)

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 23, 2024

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate.

  3. Feb 23, 2024

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 23, 2024 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, Ratcliff, Baldeh, Moore Omokunde, Joers, Shelton, Sinicki, Bare, Subeck, Madison, J. Anderson, Jacobson, Drake, Palmeri and Ohnstad; cosponsored by Senators Agard and L. Johnson

  2. Feb 23, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate

  3. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Public hearing

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor