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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 548

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Relating to: chronic wasting disease sampling and making an appropriation. (FE)

Animal — Disease Apprenticeship Contracts Natural resources department of — Hunting and fishing

  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

Current law allows the Department of Natural Resources to manage and provide funding to conduct testing for chronic wasting disease in cervids, which are any species of deer or elk that are present in the wild and are not farm-raised deer. Currently, DNR administers a program under which it provides chronic wasting disease sampling stations, including self-service kiosks, where hunters may drop off deer carcass parts for sampling. This bill codifies this program by requiring DNR to establish and administer it and provides $1,000,000 in the 2025-27 fiscal biennium for the program. The bill allows DNR to contract with private entities to conduct the sampling and to pay private entities per sample taken.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)

17 cosponsors

Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Goodwin (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Madison (D) , Miresse (D) , Palmeri (D) , Phelps (D) , Roe (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Udell (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

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. Oct 17, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Smith, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Larson, Habush Sinykin, Pfaff, Hesselbein and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives J. Jacobson, Brown, Palmeri, Roe, Joers, Goodwin, Emerson, Clancy, Madison, Phelps, Stroud, Udell, Miresse, Johnson, DeSmidt and Stubbs

  2. Oct 17, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage

  3. Nov 5, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 24, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  5. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1