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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 775

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Relating to: sandhill crane damage abatement assistance for corn producers, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Bird Damage to property Dangerous weapon Farm produce

  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

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)

20 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSanto (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Palmeri (D) , Roe (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (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, 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

  2. Dec 12, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage

  3. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1