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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 267

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Relating to: waiver of fees for admission to state parks on Earth Day. (FE)

Holidays and special dates State park

  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

Under current law, vehicles entering state parks are required to display an annual or daily admission receipt, for which the Department of Natural Resources charges a fee. Under current law, DNR may waive these admission fees under certain circumstances. This bill requires DNR to waive any daily fee for admission to a state park on April 22 of each year in commemoration of Earth Day and its founder, Gaylord Nelson.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSanto (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Haywood (D) , Hong (D) , Hysell (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kirsch (D) , Madison (D) , Mayadev (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Phelps (D) , Prado (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

9 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , Drake (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

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

Full history

  1. May 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Joers, Behnke, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Udell and Vining; cosponsored by Senators Hesselbein, Cabral-Guevara, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer and Wirch

  2. May 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Forestry, Parks and Outdoor Recreation

  3. Jul 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Aug 26, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1