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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 872

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: the Energy Innovation Grant Program and making an appropriation. (FE)

Energy conservation Public service commission

  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

Currently, the Office of Energy Innovation in the Public Service Commission administers the Energy Innovation Grant Program, which is funded with federal money from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The EIGP awards grants for projects related to energy efficiency and innovation.

This bill appropriates $10,000,000 in general purpose revenue in each fiscal year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium for the EIGP.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Haywood (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Miresse (D) , Neubauer (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D) , Vining (D)

9 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Clancy (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

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 Haywood, Bare, Arney, Tenorio, Taylor, DeSmidt, Subeck, Joers, Madison, Neubauer, Stroud, Vining, Fitzgerald, Miresse, Stubbs, Anderson and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Dassler-Alfheim, Carpenter, Roys, L. Johnson, Larson and Spreitzer

  2. Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities

  3. Feb 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Clancy added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  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