Assembly Bill 439
Eligibility of a highway for an agricultural roads improvement program grant. (FE)
Topics: Agriculture, Engineer, Road: Construction and repair, Transportation, Department of: Roads
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
Sep 19, 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 443. That version died when the session ended.
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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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.
Under current law, the Department of Transportation administers an agricultural roads improvement program (ARIP) under which DOT provides grants to political subdivisions for projects to improve certain highway facilities that facilitate access to agricultural lands. Among the current eligibility criteria for projects under this program is a requirement that the highway have a demonstrated level of insufficiency for agricultural traffic. Currently, this may be demonstrated either by the highway having been designated as a class “B” highway due to structural deficiencies or having been subject to a posted weight limitation for at least one month during the previous year.
This bill adds an additional option for demonstrating insufficiency. Namely, under the bill, the requirement is satisfied if an engineering analysis performed by a registered professional engineer indicates that the highway is unable to accommodate heavy agricultural traffic.
Who's behind it
22 representatives are its . 18 are Republicans and 4 are Democrats.
20 more lawmakers .
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Authors (22)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Lindee Brill · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Karen Hurd · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (20)
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen DeSanto · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
- Duke Tucker · Republican, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Wimberger · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Nov 20, 2025
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. 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 8, 2026 to Mar 19, 2026
7 more representatives signed on in support.
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Nov 20, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Nov 20, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Oct 29, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 14, 2025
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Oct 14, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 22, 2025 to Oct 14, 2025
2 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Sep 19, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Sep 19, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 19, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Tranel, Hurd, VanderMeer, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Goodwin, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Miresse, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Sortwell, Spiros, Stroud, Wichgers and Anderson; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Feyen, Jacque, Jagler, Nass, Spreitzer, Testin, Tomczyk and Wimberger
- Sep 19, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation
- Sep 22, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor
- Sep 23, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor
- Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly
Senator James added as a cosponsor
- Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly
Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- Oct 29, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Nov 12, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Nov 20, 2025 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Nov 20, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Jan 9, 2026 · Assembly
Representative DeSanto added as a coauthor
- Jan 21, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Tucker added as a coauthor
- Feb 20, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
- Mar 6, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Brown added as a coauthor
- Mar 16, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Billings added as a coauthor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Emerson 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