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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 956

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Relating to: exempting certain agricultural warehouses from automatic fire sprinkler requirements.

Agriculture Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Fertilizer Financial institution Fire Safety and professional services department of Sales Warehouse Water — Pollution

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  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

This bill exempts specified agricultural warehouses used to store any of the following from being required to have an automatic fire sprinkler system installed: 1) liquid bulk fertilizer or liquid bulk pesticide if the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection requires the storage container of the liquid bulk fertilizer or pesticide to be located within a secondary containment structure that complies with rules promulgated by DATCP and 2) dry bulk fertilizer and dry bulk pesticide. The bill defines a “specified agricultural warehouse” as a building designed for the primary purpose of storing agricultural fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, rodenticides, insecticides, and other crop protection products for distribution to agricultural producers, and the bill applies only to specified agricultural warehouses for which construction is initiated after the bill takes effect. Under the bill, the exemption applies only if the owner of a specified agricultural warehouse notifies the chief of the local fire department that water should not be used to suppress any fire at the warehouse and of any changes to the chemicals stored at the warehouse. Also, the exemption does not apply to an office or store within or attached to the specified agricultural warehouse. Under current law, the Department of Safety and Professional Services may promulgate rules requiring owners of places of employment and public buildings to install fire detection, prevention, or suppression devices.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , Hurd (R) , Kreibich (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Spiros (R) , Summerfield (R) , Tittl (R)

6 cosponsors

Doyle (D) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Marklein (R) , Penterman (R) , Quinn (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 11

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

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 3

Passed 7–3 Feb 12, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 1

Passed 7–1 Mar 11, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 16, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 29, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hurd, Novak, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kreibich, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Piwowarczyk, Spiros, Summerfield and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators James, Marklein and Quinn

  2. Jan 29, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 6, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Doyle added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Hurd

  8. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 3

  9. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Penterman added as a coauthor

  11. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:50 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  12. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Feb 27, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Revenue

  20. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  21. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 1

  22. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  23. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  24. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  25. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  26. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  28. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  29. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  31. Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2026

  32. Apr 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  33. Apr 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2026

  34. May 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  35. May 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82