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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 622

Fees related to animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers, and animal transport vehicles. (FE)

Topics: Administrative rules, Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of, Animal, Fish and fishing, Horses, Hunting, Livestock and meat, Poultry, Reports, Veterinary medicine

Vetoed by the governor

Both chambers passed it, and the governor vetoed it on Apr 6, 2026. Lawmakers did not ⁠, so it stands.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Nov 6, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Feb 11, 2026

  4. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 17, 2026

  5. Governor, stopped here

    Vetoed Apr 6, 2026.

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, May 13, 2026: “Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82”

Read the governor's veto message · All vetoes this session

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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 627. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is required to specify by rule fees related to animal market licenses, animal dealer licenses, animal trucker licenses, and animal transport vehicle registrations. This bill removes DATCP’s authority to promulgate rules regarding the fees and statutorily establishes the fees in the same amounts as DATCP had established for the fees by rule, as published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register in December 2024.

Who's behind it

5 senators are its ⁠. All 5 are Republicans.

29 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 34 names

Authors (5)

Signed on in support (29)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 6 votes on this bill.

Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue vote on an amendment

Passed, 5 to 3 · Jan 14, 2026

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 to 3 · Jan 14, 2026

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote on an amendment

Passed, 18 to 15 · Feb 11, 2026

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 22 to 11 · Feb 11, 2026

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 57 to 42 · Feb 17, 2026

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (57)

No (42)

Official motion: “CONCURRENCE AS AMENDED”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote on an amendment

Passed, 20 to 13 · Mar 17, 2026

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly Substitute Amendment 7 concurred in, Ayes 20, Noes 13”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. May 13, 2026

    The veto stood. Lawmakers didn't override it.

  2. Apr 6, 2026

    The governor vetoed it.

  3. Apr 2, 2026

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Mar 17, 2026

    “Action ordered immediately messaged” (the official wording)

  5. Feb 18, 2026

    The Senate adopted it.

  6. Feb 17, 2026

    The Assembly passed it too, 57 to 42.

  7. Feb 17, 2026

    The Assembly adopted it.

  8. Feb 13, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  9. Feb 12, 2026

    The Assembly received it.

  10. Feb 11, 2026

    The Senate passed it, 22 to 11.

  11. Feb 11, 2026

    The Senate adopted it.

  12. Feb 9, 2026

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  13. Jan 29, 2026

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  14. Jan 22, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  15. Jan 20, 2026

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  16. Jan 14, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 3.

  17. Jan 14, 2026

    “Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3” (the official wording)

  18. Jan 13, 2026

    The committee held a public hearing.

  19. Nov 6, 2025

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue.

  20. Nov 6, 2025

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Nov 6, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Quinn, Marklein, Jagler, Nass and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Tranel, Moses, Novak, Behnke, Brill, Brooks, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Kitchens, Kreibich, Krug, Kurtz, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, O'Connor, Penterman, Pronschinske, Rodriguez, Spiros, VanderMeer, Wichgers and Knodl

  2. Nov 6, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue

  3. Jan 9, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Quinn

  4. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 14, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 14, 2026 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  7. Jan 14, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  8. Jan 14, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Jan 20, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Jan 22, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Tucker added as a cosponsor

  11. Jan 29, 2026 · Senate

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

  12. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

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

  13. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Pfaff, Spreitzer, Keyeski, Smith, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Ratcliff and Roys

  15. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Pfaff, Spreitzer, Keyeski, Smith, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Ratcliff and Roys

  16. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  17. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

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

  18. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  19. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  21. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 22, Noes 11

  22. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  24. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  25. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  26. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brown

  27. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Bare

  28. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Johnson

  29. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 4 offered by Representative Snodgrass

  30. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 5 offered by Representative Rivera-Wagner

  31. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 6 offered by Representative Neubauer

  32. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  33. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  34. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 7 offered by Representative Tranel

  35. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 7 adopted

  36. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  37. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  38. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 57, Noes 42

  39. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  40. Feb 18, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Substitute Amendment 7 adopted

  41. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  42. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 7 concurred in, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  43. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  44. Mar 25, 2026 · Senate

    LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 7)

  45. Mar 25, 2026 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  46. Apr 2, 2026 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  47. Apr 6, 2026 · Senate

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-3-2026

  48. May 12, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  49. May 13, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

Terms on this page

Veto override

Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.

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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Veto override

Lawmakers can still pass a bill the governor vetoed, but it takes two-thirds of each chamber.

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary