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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 682

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Relating to: fees for nonresident hunting, trapping, and fishing approvals and nonresident vehicle admission receipts. (FE)

Fish and fishing Hunting Identification cards Motor vehicle Natural resources department of — Hunting and fishing

  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, the Department of Natural Resources issues hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses, permits, and other approvals and charges a fee to issue most approvals. This bill increases nonresident hunting, fishing, and trapping approval fees, of which the following is a sample:

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See PDF for table

The bill also provides that DNR must charge at least a $19.85 fee for a daily nonresident vehicle admission receipt. Under current law, a vehicle admission receipt is required for a person to operate a vehicle in a vehicle admission area, which includes any state park and certain other state recreational areas and natural areas. Current law requires DNR to charge a fee for a nonresident vehicle admission receipt but does not specify an amount.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Duchow (R) , Kaufert (R) , Kreibich (R) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Penterman (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Steffen (R) , Wichgers (R)

4 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Marklein (R) , Quinn (R) , Spreitzer (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 9

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 Sporting Heritage, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Jan 15, 2026 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 Sporting Heritage, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Jan 15, 2026 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 Sporting Heritage, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Jan 15, 2026 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 90–6 Feb 10, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 90

Not voting · 3

Full history

  1. Nov 26, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kurtz, Pronschinske, Behnke, Brill, Duchow, Kaufert, Kreibich, Krug, Moses, Mursau, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Steffen and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Marklein and Quinn

  2. Nov 26, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage

  3. Dec 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 6, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kurtz

  5. Jan 6, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Kurtz

  7. Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  10. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  11. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Sporting Heritage, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  12. Jan 27, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  13. Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-10-2026 by Committee on Rules

  14. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  17. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  19. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 90, Noes 6

  20. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 10, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  22. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage

  23. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  24. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1