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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 37

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: local regulation of vegetable gardens.

County Farm produce Municipality — Planning Municipality — Taxation Plants

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

This bill prohibits a political subdivision from requiring a permit for or prohibiting the cultivation of a vegetable or flower garden on residential property not owned by the political subdivision.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R)

7 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Goeben (R) , Kreibich (R) , Sortwell (R) , Wichgers (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 3

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

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Jun 5, 2025 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. Feb 12, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, Armstrong, Behnke, Dittrich, Goeben, Kreibich, Miresse, Wichgers and Stroud

  2. Feb 12, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

  3. Mar 12, 2025 · Senate

    LRB correction

  4. Mar 17, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Stroud withdrawn as a cosponsor

  5. Mar 19, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Miresse withdrawn as a cosponsor

  6. May 27, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Jun 4, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Jun 5, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  9. Jun 5, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1