Assembly Bill 879
Grants for planting trees to address urban heat islands, eligible recipients for urban forestry grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Administrative rules, Forestry, Indians and tribal issues, Municipality, Natural Resources, Department of: Environmental protection
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 867. That version died when the session ended.
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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 Natural Resources administers an urban forestry grants program to provide grants to municipalities and nonprofit organizations to undertake various tree projects in urban areas.
This bill requires DNR, under the urban forestry grants program, to also award grants of up to $100,000 to municipalities, federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands located in this state, and nonprofit organizations to plant trees to reduce the effects of urban heat islands. The bill defines an “urban heat island” as an urban or metropolitan area that is significantly warmer than the surrounding natural land cover. The bill increases funding for the urban forestry grant program by $500,000 in the 2025-26 fiscal year from the conservation fund to provide these new grants and allows DNR to promulgate emergency rules to administer the grant program. The bill also clarifies that federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands located in this state are also eligible for the other types of grants under the existing program.
Who's behind it
18 representatives are its . All 18 are Democrats.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (18)
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (12)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Renuka Mayadev · Democrat, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Jamie Wall · 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 4, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 27, 2026 to Feb 2, 2026
2 more representatives 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 Tenorio, Subeck, Arney, Bare, Goodwin, Hong, Joers, Madison, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Prado, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Udell and Vining; cosponsored by Senators Drake, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wall
- Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment
- Jan 27, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Anderson added as a coauthor
- Feb 2, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Clancy added as a coauthor
- Feb 4, 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