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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 772

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Relating to: Groundwater Coordinating Council activities funding and making an appropriation. (FE)

Natural resources department of — Environmental protection University of wisconsin — Regents

  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, the Groundwater Coordinating Council is attached to the Department of Natural Resources and advises and assists state agencies in the coordination of nonregulatory programs and the exchange of information related to groundwater. The council is made up of several members, including the DNR secretary and the president of the University of Wisconsin System.

This bill appropriates $500,000 annually to both DNR and the Board of Regents of the UW System for their respective activities related to the Groundwater Coordinating Council.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Wirch (D)

17 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Hysell (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Miresse (D) , Palmeri (D) , Roe (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Vining (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Full history

  1. Dec 12, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Habush Sinykin, Smith, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Miresse, Palmeri, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, DeSmidt, Emerson, Hysell, Joers, Roe, Sinicki, Stroud, Subeck, Tenorio and Vining

  2. Dec 12, 2025 · Senate

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

  3. Dec 15, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Madison added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 5, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1