Senate Bill 967
Town authority over the water elevation of an artificial water body created by a dam and recourse due to damage caused by an obstructed waterway
Topics: Natural Resources, Department of: Environmental protection, Town: Board, Waterways and water power
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 6, 2026
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 882. That version was vetoed.
Terms on this page
Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law grants the Department of Natural Resources the authority to regulate and control the level and flow of water in all navigable waters. This bill gives a town board the authority to prescribe the maximum water elevation for an artificial water body created by a dam that includes the use of a diversion pump and and that is located in the town if the town board has determined that a certain water elevation of that water body causes the road bed of a highway in the town to be saturated.
Current law provides a procedure whereby the owner or occupant of any lands damaged by an obstruction in a natural watercourse due to negligent action by the owner, occupant, or person in charge of the land on which the obstruction is located may request and ultimately require removal of the obstruction. The bill specifies that the damage triggering this authority must be due to ground or surface water flooding.
Who's behind it
Romaine Quinn, a Republican, is its .
3 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (3)
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Stafsholt · Republican, Senate
- Duke Tucker · Republican, Assembly
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Insurance vote to recommend it
Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 9, 2026
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 9, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 3 to 2.
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Mar 2, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 9, 2026
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Feb 6, 2026
Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.
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Feb 6, 2026
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Tucker and Born
- Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
- Feb 9, 2026 · Senate
Senator Stafsholt added as a coauthor
- Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote