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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 628

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Relating to: notifying counties and tribes of an exceedance of groundwater protection standards or standards for PFAS. (FE)

County — Health department Environmental protection Indians and tribal issues Natural resources department of — Environmental protection Water — Pollution

  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, if the Department of Natural Resources finds that there has been an exceedance of groundwater standards or of any standard for perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance (commonly known as PFAS) in a proposed or promulgated DNR rule, DNR must notify the county health department, tribal health department, and county land and conservation department in the affected county. DNR must also notify the county health department, tribal health department, and county land and conservation department in any adjacent county that DNR determines may be negatively affected by the exceedance. The bill requires DNR to provide these notices within seven business days after verifying that an exceedance has occurred. The bill also requires DNR to create and maintain a notification system for notifying county health departments, tribal health departments, and county land and conservation departments of the types of exceedances that trigger the notice requirement.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R) , James (R) , Wanggaard (R)

58 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , B. Jacobson and Franklin , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , Cruz (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , DeSanto (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Donovan (R) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goodwin (D) , Gundrum (R) , Haywood (D) , Hong (D) , Hysell (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kaufert (R) , Keyeski and Habush Sinykin , Kirsch (D) , Kitchens (R) , Kreibich (R) , Larson (D) , Madison (D) , Mayadev (D) , McCarville (D) , McGuire (D) , Melotik (R) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Mursau (R) , Neylon (R) , Novak (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Pfaff, Wall, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Smith and Hesselbein , Phelps (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Snyder (R) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Tucker (R) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 21

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 adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Feb 19, 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 as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Feb 19, 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. Nov 14, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, Jacque and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Billings, Novak, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Behnke, Clancy, Cruz, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Donovan, Doyle, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Gundrum, Haywood, Hysell, Joers, Kaufert, Kirsch, Kitchens, Kreibich, Madison, Mayadev, Melotik, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Mursau, Neylon, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Tucker, Udell, Vining and Johnson

  2. Nov 14, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

  3. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senators Keyeski and Habush Sinykin added as coauthors

  4. Nov 19, 2025 · Senate

    Senators Pfaff, Wall, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Smith and Hesselbein added as coauthors

  5. Dec 1, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a coauthor

  6. Dec 3, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a coauthor

  7. Dec 5, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  8. Dec 18, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  9. Jan 2, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Jan 2, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor

  11. Jan 6, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Phelps added as a cosponsor

  12. Jan 7, 2026 · Senate

    Representatives B. Jacobson and Franklin added as cosponsors

  13. Jan 9, 2026 · Senate

    LRB correction

  14. Jan 22, 2026 · Senate

    Representative McGuire added as a cosponsor

  15. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  16. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor

  17. Feb 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James

  18. Feb 17, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Hong added as a cosponsor

  19. Feb 19, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  20. Feb 19, 2026 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  21. Feb 19, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  22. Feb 19, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  23. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1