Assembly Bill 846
Funding for Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin grants, the “Something Special from Wisconsin” promotion, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Advertising: State, Agriculture, Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of
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.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 16, 2026
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. The committee's chair at the time was Rob Swearingen. 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 829. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
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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
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
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 Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection must conduct a program to increase awareness and consumption of locally produced foods and related products and to increase the production and improve the distribution of foods and related products for local consumption. Also under current law, DATCP may award grants to individuals or organizations to fund projects that are designed to increase the sale of agricultural products in this state that are purchased in proximity to where they are produced. This bill increases funding by $300,000 in each year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium for DATCP to provide Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin grants.
Under current law, DATCP must allow all products and commodities produced or manufactured in this state that meet the standards established by DATCP to be included in DATCP’s promotional campaign that uses the phrase “Something Special from Wisconsin.” The bill increases DATCP’s annual appropriation for the advertising and promotion of the Something Special from Wisconsin slogan, mark, and logo by $200,000 in each year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium.
Who's behind it
31 representatives are its . All 31 are Democrats.
15 more lawmakers .
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Authors (31)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen DeSanto · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Andrew Hysell · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Tara Johnson · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen Kirsch · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (15)
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Jamie Wall · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 20, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 16, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.
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Jan 16, 2026
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Anderson, Billings, J. Jacobson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Brown, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Hong, Hysell, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Tenorio, Udell, Prado, Sheehan, Subeck, Stroud and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Keyeski, Pfaff, Spreitzer, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, L. Johnson, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Wall and Wirch
- Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Palmeri 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.
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. 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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor