Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: sandhill crane damage abatement assistance for corn producers, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
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- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to administer a program to provide reimbursements to eligible applicant farmers for the purchase of seed treatment that is registered for use on corn seed to discourage sandhill cranes from consuming the seed. Under the program, applicants may be reimbursed for up to 50 percent of the actual cost of the purchase of seed treatment, not to exceed $6,250 per farm, per year.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wall (D) , Wirch (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
- Dec 12, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Habush Sinykin, Spreitzer, Keyeski, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Ratcliff, Roys, Wall and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives DeSanto, Miresse, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Joers, Madison, McCarville, Palmeri, Roe, Sinicki, Stroud, Tenorio and Udell
- Dec 12, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1