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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 599

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Relating to: retention of environmental repair fees by certain municipal solid waste facilities. (FE)

Natural resources department of — Environmental protection Solid waste management

  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 current law, a generator of solid waste must pay an environmental repair fee for each ton of solid waste that is disposed of at a licensed solid waste disposal facility. The owner or operator of a licensed solid waste disposal facility must collect environmental repair fees and pay the collected amounts to the Department of Natural Resources.

Under current law, DNR administers the Clean Water Fund Program (CWFP), which provides financial assistance to municipalities for projects to control water pollution. One type of financial assistance under the CWFP is making loans at or below the market rate interest.

Under this bill, if the owner or operator of a municipal solid waste facility receives a CWFP loan for waste water treatment infrastructure, the owner or operator may retain, of the environmental repair fees it collects, an amount equal to the total principal and interest owed on the loan while the loan is in repayment.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Tomczyk (R)

8 cosponsors

B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brown (D) , Knodl (R) , Miresse (D) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Tittl (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 6

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 Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 13, 2026 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Feb 3, 2026 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Oct 30, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives B. Jacobson, Miresse, Behnke, Knodl, O'Connor, Penterman, Tittl and Brown

  2. Oct 30, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

  3. Nov 19, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 19, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Jan 26, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Jan 29, 2026 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  10. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  11. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  12. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  13. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1