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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Senate Bill 774

County conservation staff for climate change resiliency purposes and making an appropriation. (FE)

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

    Dec 8, 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 Agriculture and Tourism. 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, as part of the Soil and Water Resource Management program, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection provides funding to counties for county conservation staffing. Current law specifies the activities that county conservation staff may engage in with funding provided under this program. This bill provides that this program may be used to fund county conservation staff who focus on climate change and climate change resiliency. The bill provides $1,800,000 in GPR funding for this purpose. Under the bill, a county that seeks funding for this purpose must specifically indicate so in its annual grant request.

Who's behind it

7 senators are its ⁠. All 7 are Democrats.

23 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (7)

Signed on in support (23)

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jan 24, 2024

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Dec 8, 2023

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Tourism.

  4. Dec 8, 2023

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 8, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Smith, Larson, Roys, Hesselbein, Agard, Taylor and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Doyle, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Considine, Stubbs, Moore Omokunde, Conley, Emerson, Joers, Subeck, Jacobson, J. Anderson, Neubauer, Baldeh, Ohnstad, Clancy, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Vining, C. Anderson and Madison

  2. Dec 8, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism

  3. Jan 24, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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

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