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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 549

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Relating to: funding for chronic wasting disease research and making an appropriation. (FE)

Animal — Disease Natural resources department of — Environmental protection

  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

Under this bill, the Department of Natural Resources may research chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids, in addition to managing and providing funding to conduct testing for CWD, which DNR is authorized to do under current law. A cervid is any species of deer or elk that is present in the wild and that is not a farm-raised deer. The bill also appropriates $3,000,000 annually from the general fund in fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 for research on and management of CWD. Current law appropriates no money for this purpose.

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