Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: funding for a battery collection and recycling program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Business Natural resources department of — Environmental protection Recycling
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill appropriates to the Department of Natural Resources all moneys received by DNR as fees from battery stewardship organizations, as required in a separate bill. If that bill is not enacted into law, this bill is void.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Registered lobbying interests · 4
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 Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
Passed 5–0 Mar 2, 2026 official source full pageNo 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 Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
Passed 5–0 Mar 2, 2026 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Jan 27, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representative Kitchens
- Jan 27, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Tomczyk
- Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor
- Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1