Senate Bill 613
The rights of Devil’s Lake State Park and providing a penalty. (FE)
Topics: Attorney General, Natural Resources, Department of: Environmental protection, State agencies, State park
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 6, 2025
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs. The committee's chair at the time was André Jacque. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 633. That version died when the session ended.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill provides that Devil’s Lake State Park (the park) has various rights, including the right to flourish, evolve, and be clean (commonly known as “rights of nature”). The bill prohibits any government entity or business from conducting activities that infringe upon these rights. The bill also prohibits any state agency or department from conducting, authorizing, licensing, permitting, or funding any activities that infringe upon these rights.
Under the bill, the attorney general is authorized to enforce the rights conferred upon the park and any individual may file a legal action, or intervene in any legal action, in the name of the park to enforce these rights. Violations committed by a government entity or business are punishable by a forfeiture of $1,000 for each violation. In addition, any agency or department of the state, and any government entity or business, that violates these rights is liable for damages caused to the park, which must be assessed in the amount necessary to restore the park to the condition that existed before the violation was committed or in the amount the court determines will adequately mitigate the damage.
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The bill requires every state agency and department to review existing and proposed agency or department activities, and all laws, administrative rules, and policies administered by the agency or department, to identify violations of the rights of the park and take necessary steps to remedy any violations.
Finally, the bill requires the Department of Natural Resources to complete an environmental study of the park, to include identification of degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems or species. The bill requires DNR, within five years, to complete a full restoration of the park, beginning with any ecosystems or species identified in their environmental study.
Who's behind it
Chris Larson, a Democrat, is its .
21 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (21)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelina Cruz · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen DeSanto · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Tara Johnson · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Christian Phelps · Democrat, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Sequanna Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 18, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 6, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs.
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Nov 6, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 6, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Miresse, DeSanto, Clancy, Tenorio, Madison, Arney, Taylor, Cruz, Phelps, Hong, Goodwin, DeSmidt, Roe, Stubbs, Moore Omokunde, Prado, Fitzgerald, Palmeri, Brown, Andraca and Johnson
- Nov 6, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs
- Dec 18, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate