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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 37

Local regulation of vegetable gardens

Topics: County, Farm produce, Municipality: Planning, Plants

Stopped before the full Senate voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 12, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 41. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

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.

Who's behind it

André Jacque, a Republican, is its ⁠.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 8 names

Author (1)

Signed on in support (7)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government vote to recommend it

Passed, 4 to 1 · Jun 5, 2025

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jun 5, 2025

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 1.

  3. May 27, 2025

    The committee held a public hearing.

  4. Feb 12, 2025

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government.

  5. Feb 12, 2025

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  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

Terms on this page

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. 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.

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote