Senate Bill 1070
County forest administration grant eligibility
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.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 26, 2024
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill makes a change to eligibility for a county forest administration grant.
Current law authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to make grants to counties that have lands designated as county forest to fund 50 percent of a professional forester for county forest administrator or assistant county forest administrator (county forest administration grant program). Current DNR administrative rules regulating the county forest administration grant program define “forester” as a person, other than one employed by DNR, who has received a bachelor's or higher degree in forestry from a school of forestry with a curriculum accredited by the Society of American Foresters or an equivalent degree, as determined by the chief state forester, or who is employed as a county forest administrator or assistant county forest administrator in the administration of county forests as of August 12, 1993. This bill replaces the administrative code term “forester” with “county forest administrator” and defines it to mean a person employed to manage a county forest program (excluding a DNR employee) who has any of the following qualifications:
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1. A bachelor's or higher degree in forestry from a school of forestry with a curriculum accredited by the Society of American Foresters or an equivalent degree, as determined by the chief state forester.
2. A bachelor's or higher degree in natural resources, conservation, or wildlife and three or more years of experience managing a county forest program.
3. An associate degree in forestry and three or more years of experience managing a county forest program.
Who's behind it
3 lawmakers are its . All 3 are Republicans.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (8)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Johnson · Republican, Assembly
- Angie Sapik · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 27, 2024
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 26, 2024
Sent to the Senate Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.
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Feb 26, 2024
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 26, 2024 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Quinn, Cowles and Knodl; cosponsored by Representatives Sapik, Mursau, Armstrong, Callahan, Green, S. Johnson and Swearingen
- Feb 26, 2024 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
- Feb 27, 2024 · Senate
Representative Edming added as a cosponsor
- Apr 15, 2024 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
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. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor