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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Senate Bill 359

Local regulation of pesticides to protect pollinators

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

    Jul 13, 2023

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs. 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.

This bill allows a political subdivision to regulate pesticides for the purpose of protecting pollinators and pollinator habitats.

Current law prohibits a political subdivision (a city, village, town, or county) from prohibiting the use of or otherwise regulating pesticides, but provides numerous exemptions. For example, a political subdivision may enact an ordinance that regulates pesticides pursuant to a storm water management program or that relates to the storage, treatment, or disposal of solid waste that contains pesticides.

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The bill adds an additional exemption that allows a political subdivision to regulate pesticides in order to protect pollinators and pollinator habitats. “Pollinator” is defined in the bill as an insect that pollinates flowers.

Who's behind it

6 senators are its ⁠. All 6 are Democrats.

25 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (6)

Signed on in support (25)

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jul 18, 2023

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Jul 13, 2023

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs.

  4. Jul 13, 2023

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jul 13, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Agard, Smith, Carpenter, Hesselbein, Larson and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Considine, C. Anderson, J. Anderson, Andraca, Cabrera, Baldeh, Bare, Behnke, Billings, Conley, Haywood, Jacobson, Emerson, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Palmeri, Ohnstad, Ratcliff, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck and Vining

  2. Jul 13, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Jul 18, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Madison added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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.

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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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

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