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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 386

An agricultural purchase program and making an appropriation. (FE)

Topics: Agriculture, Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of, Nutrition

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. 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

    Aug 20, 2025

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

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

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Agriculture. The committee's chair at the time was Travis Tranel. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 408. 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 requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to create an agricultural purchase program in which DATCP may provide grants to entities that provide food assistance, including food banks, food pantries, other nonprofit organizations, and local food distributors, for the purpose of purchasing food products that are made or grown in this state. This bill also increases DATCP’s authorized positions by 2.0 FTE GPR positions for support of the agricultural purchase program.

Who's behind it

10 representatives are its ⁠. All 10 are Democrats.

15 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 25 names

Authors (10)

Signed on in support (15)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 20, 2025 to Nov 17, 2025

    5 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.

  3. Oct 1, 2025

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Sep 12, 2025 to Sep 26, 2025

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  5. Aug 20, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture.

  6. Aug 20, 2025

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives J. Jacobson, Roe, Brown, Miresse, Madison, Johnson, Stroud, Palmeri, Joers and Bare; cosponsored by Senators Pfaff, Keyeski, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer and Hesselbein

  2. Aug 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture

  3. Sep 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Haywood added as a coauthor

  4. Sep 26, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Clancy added as a coauthor

  5. Oct 1, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Oct 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  7. Nov 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  8. Nov 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Hysell added as a coauthor

  9. Nov 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Mayadev added as a coauthor

  10. Nov 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Representatives Phelps and Arney added as coauthors

  11. 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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate