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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 56

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Relating to: the use of federal capitalization grant funds for lead service line replacement. (FE)

Administration department of — Budget and fiscal issues Federal aid Public health Water supply

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Administration and the Department of

Natural Resources administer the safe drinking water loan program (SDWLP),

which provides financial assistance from the environmental improvement program

to local governmental units and to the private owners of community water systems

that serve local governmental units for projects for the planning, designing,

construction, or modification of public water systems. DNR establishes a funding list for SDWLP projects, and DOA allocates funding for those projects.

Current law specifies several allowable methods of providing financial assistance under the SDWLP, one of which is using funds received as federal capitalization grants. There is, however, a prohibition on using those funds to provide principal forgiveness to a private owner of a community water system. This bill provides that this prohibition does not apply to the use of federal capitalization grants for forgiveness of loans for the replacement of lead service lines.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Quinn (R) , Tomczyk (R)

7 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Green (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Tucker (R) , Tusler (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 10

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 Utilities and Tourism, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 May 6, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

Passed 18–15 May 15, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 18–15 May 15, 2025 official source full page

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 17–16 May 15, 2025 official source full page

Full history

  1. Feb 21, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Quinn and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Green, Armstrong, Behnke, Mursau, O'Connor, Tucker and Tusler

  2. Feb 21, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Tourism

  3. Mar 17, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 30, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. May 6, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. May 6, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Utilities and Tourism, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  7. May 6, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. May 13, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  10. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  11. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Point of order that Senate Substitute Amendment 2 was not germane well taken

  12. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  13. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  15. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 17, Noes 16

  16. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. May 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  18. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Ratcliff, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch

  19. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Larson, Carpenter and Spreitzer

  20. May 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  21. May 27, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  22. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025

  23. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  24. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  27. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  28. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Jun 24, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  30. Jun 25, 2025 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  31. Jun 25, 2025 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 6-25-2025 by directive of the Majority Leader

  32. Jul 2, 2025 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 7-1-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 8

  33. Jul 2, 2025 · Senate

    Published 7-2-2025