Assembly Bill 118
A transition to grazing pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of, Farmer, Land use planning and control, Livestock and meat
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 11, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 113. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates a “transition to grazing pilot program” in the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to provide support and grants to farmers who are implementing livestock forage-based managed grazing systems and farmers and agribusinesses in the grazing-fed livestock business. Under the bill the department may award up to $40,000 to each grantee, and may disperse up to 75 percent of the grant in the first year following the department’s decision to grant the award and may disperse up to 12.5 percent of the award in each of the second and third years following the department’s decision to grant the award.
Who's behind it
20 representatives are its . 13 are Republicans and 7 are Democrats.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (20)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Tara Johnson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Duke Tucker · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (10)
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Karen DeSanto · Democrat, Assembly
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Jamie Wall · Democrat, 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 Agriculture vote on an amendment
Passed, 13 to 0 · Jun 6, 2025
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 Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Agriculture vote on an amendment
Passed, 8 to 5 · Jun 6, 2025
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 8, Noes 5”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Agriculture vote to recommend it
Passed, 13 to 1 · Jun 6, 2025
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 Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 9, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jun 6, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jun 6, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 1.
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Apr 8, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 4, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 27, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 11, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture.
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Mar 11, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Novak, Tranel, Anderson, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Kitchens, Krug, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Palmeri, Tucker, Tusler, Udell and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators James, Testin, Dassler-Alfheim, Keyeski, Pfaff, Smith, Spreitzer and Wall
- Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture
- Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Novak
- Mar 27, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 4, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Billings added as a coauthor
- Apr 8, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- May 5, 2025 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Novak
- Jun 4, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 8, Noes 5
- Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 1
- Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jun 23, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Miresse withdrawn as a coauthor
- Jan 9, 2026 · Assembly
Representative DeSanto added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
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.
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
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