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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 117

Hunting of sandhill cranes, programs related to sandhill crane damage, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Topics: Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of, Bird, Damage (to property), Farm produce, Hunting, Natural Resources, Department of: Hunting and fishing

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Feb 19, 2026, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 11, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 19, 2026

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 112. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill is explained in the Notes provided by the Joint Legislative Council in the bill.

Who's behind it

Joint Legislative Council is its ⁠.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Author (1)

  • Joint Legislative Council

Signed on in support (2)

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 Sporting Heritage vote on an amendment

Passed, 7 to 3 · Jan 15, 2026

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 7, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage vote on an amendment

Passed, 7 to 3 · Jan 15, 2026

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 7, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage vote to recommend it

Passed, 7 to 3 · Jan 15, 2026

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 Sporting Heritage, Ayes 7, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 25, 2026

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  3. Feb 23, 2026

    The Senate received it.

  4. Feb 19, 2026

    The Assembly passed it.

  5. Feb 19, 2026

    The Assembly adopted it.

  6. Feb 16, 2026

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  7. Jan 15, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  8. Jan 15, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 3.

  9. Jan 6, 2026

    The committee held a public hearing.

  10. Dec 9, 2025

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  11. Apr 22, 2025

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  12. Apr 11, 2025

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  13. Mar 21, 2025

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  14. Mar 11, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage.

  15. Mar 11, 2025

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Joint Legislative Council

  2. Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage

  3. Mar 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 22, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Nov 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Pronschinske

  7. Nov 6, 2025 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)

  8. Dec 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  9. Jan 6, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  10. Jan 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tittl

  11. Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  12. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 7, Noes 3

  13. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 7, Noes 3

  14. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 7, Noes 3

  15. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  16. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  17. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:04 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  18. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  20. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  21. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  24. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  26. Feb 25, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  27. Feb 25, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  28. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. 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. 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

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

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

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