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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 408

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: an agricultural purchase program and making an appropriation. (FE)

Agriculture Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Nutrition

  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 requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to create an agricultural purchase program in which DATCP may provide grants to entities that provide food assistance, including food banks, food pantries, other nonprofit organizations, and local food distributors, for the purpose of purchasing food products that are made or grown in this state. This bill also increases DATCP’s authorized positions by 2.0 FTE GPR positions for support of the agricultural purchase program.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Drake (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Keyeski (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D)

16 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Carpenter (D) , Haywood (D) , Hysell (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Madison (D) , Mayadev (D) , Miresse (D) , Palmeri (D) , Roe (D) , Stroud (D)

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

Full history

  1. Sep 4, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Pfaff, Keyeski, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer and Hesselbein; cosponsored by Representatives J. Jacobson, Roe, Brown, Miresse, Madison, Johnson, Stroud, Palmeri, Joers and Bare

  2. Sep 4, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue

  3. Sep 12, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  4. Sep 29, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 20, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  6. Nov 7, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  7. Nov 10, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Hysell added as a cosponsor

  8. Nov 17, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Arney added as a cosponsor

  9. Dec 11, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Mayadev added as a cosponsor

  10. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1