Assembly Bill 877
Report on environmental impacts to vulnerable communities and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Topics: Environmental protection, Industrial development, Minority groups, Natural Resources, Department of: Administration, Poor
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 Environment. The committee's chair at the time was Joy Goeben. 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 874. That version died when the session ended.
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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
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill prohibits the Department of Natural Resources from issuing certain permits for the operation of a facility that is located in a vulnerable community unless the permit applicant complies with required reporting requirements. “Vulnerable community” is defined as any census block group in which at least 50 percent of the households qualify as low-income households and either of the following apply: 1) at least 40 percent of the residents identify as Black, African American, Asian American, Hispanic, or Latino or as members of a federally recognized Indian tribe or band, or 2) at least 40 percent of the households have limited English proficiency.
Under current law, DNR issues various permits for the operation of facilities as part of DNR’s regulation of air and water pollution and hazardous and solid waste. Under the bill, DNR may not issue permits for those facilities located in vulnerable communities unless the permit applicant 1) prepares a report assessing the environmental impact of the facility, 2) makes the report available to the public and provides the report to DNR and to the municipality in which the vulnerable community is located, and 3) conducts a public hearing in the municipality in which the vulnerable community is located.
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DNR must consider community support and any testimony presented at the public hearing in its decision to grant or deny a permit and must evaluate revisions or conditions to the permit that may be necessary to reduce the adverse impact to public health or to the environment in the vulnerable community. DNR may deny an application for a permit for a facility in a vulnerable community if DNR finds that the cumulative impact of the facility that would be covered by the permit, in addition to the existing conditions in the vulnerable community, constitute an unreasonable risk to the environment and the health of the residents in the vulnerable community.
Who's behind it
16 representatives are its . All 16 are Democrats.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Sequanna Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Renuka Mayadev · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 19, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 24, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 2, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 16, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Environment.
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Jan 16, 2026
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Tenorio, Taylor, Arney, Bare, Udell, DeSmidt, Subeck, Joers, Goodwin, Sinicki, Neubauer, Stroud and Vining; cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Larson and Spreitzer
- Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment
- Feb 2, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Clancy added as a coauthor
- Feb 24, 2026 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 24, 2026 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Mayadev 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate