Assembly Bill 65
Eligibility for producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on May 8, 2023. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Feb 23, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Apr 18, 2023
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Apr 19, 2023
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2023 Wisconsin Act 5
Latest entry in the official record, May 8, 2023: “Published 5-9-2023”
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill expands eligibility for producer-led watershed protection grants, lake protection grants, and river protection grants.
Under current law, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection administers a program to provide watershed protection grants to producer-led groups made up of farmers located in one watershed. The bill allows grants under the program to be awarded to producer-led groups that are made up of farmers located in adjacent watersheds.
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Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources provides lake protection grants and lake management grants for monitoring and improving water quality in lakes and lake classification grants for classifying lakes. Currently, eligible recipients for these grants include nonprofit conservation organizations, counties and municipalities, qualified lake associations, town sanitary districts, qualified school districts, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts, and other local governmental units that are established for the purpose of lake management. DNR also provides river protection grants for monitoring and improving water quality in rivers. Currently, eligible recipients for these grants include local governmental units, qualified river management organizations, and nonprofit conservation organizations. The bill provides that producer-led groups are eligible to receive lake protection, management, and classification grants and river protection grants provided by DNR. The bill defines “producer-led group” to mean any group that meets the criteria for a producer-led watershed protection grant issued by DATCP.
Who's behind it
29 representatives are its . 20 are Republicans and 9 are Democrats.
15 more lawmakers .
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Authors (29)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Loren Oldenburg · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Johnson · Republican, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (15)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Born, Subeck and Shelton
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Steffen and Billings
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Environment vote on an amendment
Passed, 8 to 0 · Apr 12, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Environment, Ayes 8, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Environment vote to recommend it
Passed, 8 to 0 · Apr 12, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Environment, Ayes 8, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Apr 18, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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May 8, 2023
The new law was published.
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May 8, 2023
The governor signed it. It became 2023 Wisconsin Act 5.
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May 4, 2023
Sent to the governor.
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Apr 19, 2023
The Senate passed it too.
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Apr 18, 2023
“Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Apr 18, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Apr 18, 2023
The Senate received it.
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Apr 18, 2023
The Assembly passed it.
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Apr 18, 2023
The Assembly adopted it.
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Apr 17, 2023 to Apr 18, 2023
5 more representatives signed on in support.
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Apr 12, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 12, 2023
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 0.
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Mar 29, 2023
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 16, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 14, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 2, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 27, 2023 to Mar 1, 2023
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 23, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Environment.
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Feb 23, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 23, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Novak, Tranel, Shankland, Krug, J. Anderson, Andraca, Armstrong, Baldeh, Behnke, Considine, Dittrich, Donovan, Emerson, Green, Joers, S. Johnson, Knodl, Mursau, O'Connor, Oldenburg, Petryk, Plumer, Rozar, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Spiros and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Ballweg, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Jacque, Marklein, Pfaff, Quinn, Spreitzer and Testin
- Feb 23, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment
- Feb 27, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Mar 1, 2023 · Assembly
Representative C. Anderson added as a coauthor
- Mar 2, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 16, 2023 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 23, 2023 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens
- Mar 29, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Conley added as a coauthor
- Mar 30, 2023 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 12, 2023 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Environment, Ayes 8, Noes 0
- Apr 12, 2023 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Environment, Ayes 8, Noes 0
- Apr 12, 2023 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 13, 2023 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 4-18-2023 by Committee on Rules
- Apr 17, 2023 · Assembly
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Apr 18, 2023 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Apr 18, 2023 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Apr 18, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Apr 18, 2023 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 18, 2023 · Senate
Placed on calendar 4-19-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Apr 18, 2023 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Apr 19, 2023 · Senate
Read a second time
- Apr 19, 2023 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Apr 19, 2023 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Apr 19, 2023 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Apr 19, 2023 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Apr 19, 2023 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Apr 20, 2023 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 4-20-2023
- May 4, 2023 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 5-4-2023
- May 8, 2023 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 5-8-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 5
- May 8, 2023 · Assembly
Published 5-9-2023
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote