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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 118

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Relating to: a transition to grazing pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE)

Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Farmer Land use planning and control Livestock and meat

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Palmeri (D) , Tranel (R) , Tucker (R) , Tusler (R) , Udell (D) , Wichgers (R)

10 cosponsors

Billings (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , DeSanto (D) , James (R) , Keyeski (D) , Pfaff (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Testin (R) , Wall (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 21

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Jun 6, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 8, Noes 5

Passed 8–5 Jun 6, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 1

Passed 13–1 Jun 6, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. 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

  2. Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture

  3. Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Novak

  4. Mar 27, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  6. Apr 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. May 5, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Novak

  8. Jun 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 1

  10. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  12. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 8, Noes 5

  13. Jun 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Miresse withdrawn as a coauthor

  14. Jan 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative DeSanto added as a coauthor

  15. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1