Senate Bill 979
Requirements for proposed administrative rules that impose costs. (FE)
Topics: Administrative rules
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. 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, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs. The committee's chair at the time was Chris Kapenga. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 992. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, generally, if a proposed administrative rule is reasonably expected to pass along $10,000,000 or more in implementation and compliance costs to businesses, local governmental units, and individuals over any two-year period, the agency proposing the rule must stop working on the proposed rule until 1) the agency modifies the proposed rule to reduce the expected costs or 2) a bill is enacted that allows the agency to promulgate the proposed rule.
This bill lowers the threshold for these provisions from $10,000,000 to $4,000,000. The bill also specifically prohibits an agency from promulgating multiple or separate rules in order to avoid the prohibition described above.
Who's behind it
André Jacque, a Republican, is its .
21 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (21)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Brent Jacobson · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Karen Hurd · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Adam Neylon · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Duke Tucker · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
- Fiscal Estimate From DFI
- Fiscal Estimate From DHS
- Fiscal Estimate From DMA
- Fiscal Estimate From DNR
- Fiscal Estimate From DOC
- Fiscal Estimate From DPI
- Fiscal Estimate From DVA
- Fiscal Estimate From ELEC
- Fiscal Estimate From ERC
- Fiscal Estimate From OCI
- Fiscal Estimate From PSC
- Fiscal Estimate From RRC
- Fiscal Estimate From SWIB
- Fiscal Estimate From WHS
- Fiscal Estimate From WTCS
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 23, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 10, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 9, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 5, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 24, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 18, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 12, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 10, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 6, 2026
Sent to the Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
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Feb 6, 2026
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Hurd, B. Jacobson, Armstrong, Behnke, Brooks, Green, Gundrum, Kaufert, Knodl, Kreibich, Moses, Murphy, Neylon, O'Connor, Penterman, Sortwell, Spiros, Tucker, Tusler, VanderMeer and Wichgers
- Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
- Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 24, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 24, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 24, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 24, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 5, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate