Assembly Bill 488
Fire suppression products derived from soybeans
Topics: Farm produce, Fire department, Natural Resources, Department of: Administration
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
Oct 9, 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 474. That version became law.
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Committee
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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
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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
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.
Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources administers a program to award grants for up to 50 percent of the cost of acquiring supplies, equipment, and training related to suppressing forest fires. DNR promulgates rules establishing criteria and procedures for awarding grants under the program and establishing eligible costs.
This bill provides that the purchase of a product derived from soybeans to be used as a fire suppression material is an eligible cost for grants under the program.
Who's behind it
14 representatives are its . 11 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (14)
- Brent Jacobson · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (17)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Behnke and Billings
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen DeSanto · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Duke Tucker · Republican, Assembly
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Environment vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 0 · Jan 30, 2026
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 Environment, Ayes 6, 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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Feb 9, 2026 to Mar 19, 2026
4 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jan 30, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jan 30, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 0.
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Jan 8, 2026 to Jan 21, 2026
4 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jan 8, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 10, 2025 to Jan 7, 2026
3 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Oct 9, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Environment.
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Oct 9, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Moses, Tranel, Dittrich, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, Mursau, O'Connor, Palmeri, Snodgrass, Stroud and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Jacque, Jagler, James, Nass and Wanggaard
- Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment
- Oct 10, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Nov 18, 2025 · Assembly
Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- Jan 5, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Joers added as a coauthor
- Jan 7, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Miresse added as a coauthor
- Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly
- Jan 9, 2026 · Assembly
Representative DeSanto added as a coauthor
- Jan 21, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Tucker added as a coauthor
- Jan 29, 2026 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment, Ayes 6, Noes 0
- Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
- Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Anderson added as a coauthor
- Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 1:19 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Mar 6, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Brown 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
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote