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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 862

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Relating to: consideration of climate change in certain local plans and making an appropriation. (FE)

Administration department of — Budget and fiscal issues Environmental protection Municipality — Planning Municipality — Taxation

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, local governmental units are required or permitted to prepare a variety of plans that guide the local governmental unit’s response to future events. Among these plans are comprehensive plans that assist in guiding a local governmental unit’s future physical development, community health improvement plans that assist in guiding a local governmental unit’s response to community health problems, and hazard mitigation plans that assist a local governmental unit in preparing for disasters. Under this bill, if a local governmental unit prepares a comprehensive plan, a community health improvement plan, or a disaster mitigation plan, it must consider the effects of climate change when preparing the plan.

The bill also requires the Department of Administration to administer a climate change planning grant program under which DOA provides grants to local governmental units to pay the cost of considering climate change in a comprehensive plan, a community health plan, or a disaster mitigation plan.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Arney (D) , Bare (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Goodwin (D) , Hong (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Palmeri (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

8 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Mayadev (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 2

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Full history

  1. Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Vining, Arney, Bare, DeSmidt, Goodwin, Hong, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Stroud, Tenorio, Udell and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Carpenter, L. Johnson, Larson and Spreitzer

  2. Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency

  3. Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Mayadev added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1