Subjects

Forestry

147 bills across 7 sessions, from the Legislature's subject index.

• SB 7 Relating to: prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state. Vetoed 2025
• AB 30 Relating to: prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state. Died at session end 2025
• AB 50 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 45 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 181 Relating to: county forest administration grant eligibility. Died at session end 2025
• AB 218 Relating to: limitations on ownership of real property in this state by foreign persons. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 416 Relating to: a grant for modernization of a dam in the village of Rothschild. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 521 Relating to: removal of vegetation obstructing outdoor advertising signs. Died at session end 2025
• AB 707 Relating to: managed forest land recording fees. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 879 Relating to: grants for planting trees to address urban heat islands, eligible recipients for urban forestry grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 158 Relating to: county forest administration grant eligibility. Became law 2025
• SB 219 Relating to: limitations on ownership of real property in this state by foreign persons. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 421 Relating to: a grant for modernization of a dam in the village of Rothschild. (FE) Became law 2025
• SB 525 Relating to: removal of vegetation obstructing outdoor advertising signs. Vetoed 2025
• SB 698 Relating to: managed forest land recording fees. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 867 Relating to: grants for planting trees to address urban heat islands, eligible recipients for urban forestry grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1221 Relating to: creating the Wisconsin Public Food Administration Authority and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 43 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 70 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Became law 2023
• AB 269 Relating to: prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state. Died at session end 2023
• AB 349 Relating to: limitations on ownership of agricultural or forestry land in this state by foreign persons. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 511 Relating to: permits for certain oversize or overweight vehicles transporting forest products. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 819 Relating to: grants for planting trees to address urban heat islands, eligible recipients for urban forestry grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 264 Relating to: prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state. Died at session end 2023
• SB 348 Relating to: limitations on ownership of agricultural or forestry land in this state by foreign persons. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 484 Relating to: permits for certain oversize or overweight vehicles transporting forest products. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 999 Relating to: vehicle access to roads and trails on open managed forest land, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1093 Relating to: vehicle access to roads and trails on open managed forest land, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1162 Relating to: county forest administration grant eligibility. Died at session end 2023
• SB 1070 Relating to: county forest administration grant eligibility. Died at session end 2023
• AB 68 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Became law 2021
• AB 367 Relating to: loan for the purchase of the Verso Paper Mill in the city of Wisconsin Rapids. (FE) Vetoed 2021
• AB 444 Relating to: expanding eligibility under the Medical Assistance program; funding infrastructure, land acquisition, and building projects; providing assistance and local government grants; maintaining an opioid and methamphetamine data system; transferring moneys to the budget stabilization fund; creating a University of Wisconsin System partnership program and admissions application fees; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 492 Relating to: loan related to the Verso Paper Mill in the city of Wisconsin Rapids; loan related to the Park Falls Pulp and Paper Mill in the city of Park Falls; funding for the University of Wisconsin System; special education funding and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 640 Relating to: the threshold amount of timber sold from state, county, or community forests above which certain approval and notice requirements apply. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 642 Relating to: modifying the permit for certain oversize or overweight vehicles transporting forest products. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 672 Relating to: report on access to public lands owned or managed by the Department of Natural Resources. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 682 Relating to: grant related to the Verso Paper Mill in the city of Wisconsin Rapids, loan guarantee related to the Park Falls Pulp and Paper Mill in the city of Park Falls, substance abuse prevention on certain public projects, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 799 Relating to: grants for planting trees to address urban heat islands, eligible recipients for urban forestry grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 909 Relating to: the managed forest land program. (FE) Became law 2021
• AJR 56 Relating to: proclaiming May 2021 as “Paper and Forestry Products Month” in Wisconsin. Died at session end 2021
• SB 111 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 369 Relating to: loan for the purchase of the Verso Paper Mill in the city of Wisconsin Rapids. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 439 Relating to: expanding eligibility under the Medical Assistance program; funding infrastructure, land acquisition, and building projects; providing assistance and local government grants; maintaining an opioid and methamphetamine data system; transferring moneys to the budget stabilization fund; creating a University of Wisconsin System partnership program and admissions application fees; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 481 Relating to: loan related to the Verso Paper Mill in the city of Wisconsin Rapids; loan related to the Park Falls Pulp and Paper Mill in the city of Park Falls; funding for the University of Wisconsin System; special education funding and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 607 Relating to: the threshold amount of timber sold from state, county, or community forests above which certain approval and notice requirements apply. (FE) Became law 2021
• SB 615 Relating to: report on access to public lands owned or managed by the Department of Natural Resources. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 625 Relating to: modifying the permit for certain oversize or overweight vehicles transporting forest products. (FE) Became law 2021
• SB 712 Relating to: grant related to the Verso Paper Mill in the city of Wisconsin Rapids and loan guarantee related to the Park Falls Pulp and Paper Mill in the city of Park Falls. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 769 Relating to: grants for planting trees to address urban heat islands, eligible recipients for urban forestry grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 913 Relating to: the managed forest land program. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SJR 30 Relating to: proclaiming May 2021 as “Paper and Forestry Products Month” in Wisconsin. Died at session end 2021
• AB 1137 Relating to: the regulation of metallic mining and related activities and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AJR 136 Relating to: expressing support from the Wisconsin State Legislature for the grant application entitled A Wisconsin Forest Products Cluster: A Catalyst for Sustainable, Enduring Transformation to the United States Economic Development Administration's Phase 2 Build Back Better Regional Challenge. Died at session end 2021
• SJR 105 Relating to: expressing support from the Wisconsin State Legislature for the grant application entitled A Wisconsin Forest Products Cluster: A Catalyst for Sustainable, Enduring Transformation to the United States Economic Development Administration's Phase 2 Build Back Better Regional Challenge. Died at session end 2021
• AB 56 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Became law 2019
• AB 199 Relating to: revolving loan funds administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority for certain activities of paper mills, a paper science grant, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 315 Relating to: signs informing about Lyme disease in state parks, state trails, state recreational areas, and state forests and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 316 Relating to: making insect repellant available for sale in state parks and state forests. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 756 Relating to: the regulation of metallic mining and related activities and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 856 Relating to: the managed forest land program. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AJR 39 Relating to: proclaiming May 2019 as Paper and Forestry Products Month in Wisconsin. Died at session end 2019
• SB 196 Relating to: revolving loan funds administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority for certain activities of paper mills, a paper science grant, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 296 Relating to: signs informing about Lyme disease in state parks, state trails, state recreational areas, and state forests and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2019
• SB 297 Relating to: making insect repellant available for sale in state parks and state forests. (FE) Became law 2019
• SB 867 Relating to: the managed forest land program. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SJR 32 Relating to: proclaiming May 2019 as Paper and Forestry Products Month in Wisconsin. Passed one chamber 2019
• SJR 75 Relating to: renaming the decorated tree on display in the capitol rotunda during the Christmas holiday season as the Wisconsin State Christmas Tree. Died at session end 2019
• SJR 76 Relating to: supporting efforts to establish the North Woods and Waters of the St. Croix National Heritage Area. Died at session end 2019
• AB 1038 Relating to: state government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (FE) Became law 2019
• AJR 106 Relating to: renaming the decorated tree on display in the capitol rotunda during the Christmas holiday season as the Wisconsin State Christmas Tree. Died at session end 2019
• AJR 133 Relating to: proclaiming May 2020 as Paper and Forestry Products Month in Wisconsin. Died at session end 2019
• SJR 102 Relating to: proclaiming May 2020 as Paper and Forestry Products Month in Wisconsin. Died at session end 2019
• AB 57 Relating to: requiring child support compliance for FoodShare benefits. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 64 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Became law 2017
• SB 19 Relating to: requiring child support compliance for FoodShare benefits. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 30 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Died at session end 2017
• AB 230 Relating to: fences on closed managed forest land. Died at session end 2017
• AB 263 Relating to: incentive programs for counties and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in certain public assistance programs, removing inactive FoodShare accounts, expunging unused FoodShare benefits, limiting the number of FoodShare replacement cards, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 338 Relating to: sale of public lands owned by the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to the state; county management of certain state lands; merit scholarships for certain University of Wisconsin System students; the obligation of moneys for land acquisition under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program; and making an appropriation (at the request of the state treasurer). (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 501 Relating to: FoodShare healthy eating incentive pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 530 Relating to: nutritional food pilot program under FoodShare and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 614 Relating to: the regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 702 Relating to: photo identification cards for FoodShare recipients. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 754 Relating to: vehicle weight limits, and permits for vehicles transporting certain loads, on certain state trunk highways in Ashland County and Vilas County. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 889 Relating to: eligibility for managed forest land program. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 963 Relating to: authorizing certain tax benefits for a paper products manufacturer with facilities in the city of Neenah and village of Fox Crossing and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AJR 23 Relating to: proclaiming April 2017 as Forestry and Paper Products Month. Died at session end 2017
• SB 174 Relating to: incentive programs for counties and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in certain public assistance programs, removing inactive FoodShare accounts, expunging unused FoodShare benefits, limiting the number of FoodShare replacement cards, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 178 Relating to: fences on closed managed forest land. Became law 2017
• SB 270 Relating to: sale of public lands owned by the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to the state; county management of certain state lands; merit scholarships for certain University of Wisconsin System students; the obligation of moneys for land acquisition under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program; and making an appropriation (at the request of the state treasurer). (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 416 Relating to: FoodShare healthy eating incentive pilot program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 624 Relating to: photo identification cards for FoodShare recipients. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 638 Relating to: vehicle weight limits, and permits for vehicles transporting certain loads, on certain state trunk highways in Ashland County and Vilas County. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 803 Relating to: eligibility for managed forest land program. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 850 Relating to: revolving loan funds administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority for certain activities of paper mills and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 859 Relating to: authorizing certain tax benefits for a paper products manufacturer with facilities in the city of Neenah and village of Fox Crossing and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 886 Relating to: federal government waivers and other requests for federal approval; public assistance programs; waivers from work search and registration requirements for certain unemployment insurance benefit claimants; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2017
• SB 887 Relating to: legislative power and duties, state agency and authority composition and operations, administrative rule-making process, federal government waivers and approvals, unemployment insurance work search and registration requirements, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SJR 22 Relating to: proclaiming April 2017 as Forestry and Paper Products Month. Passed one chamber 2017
• AB 1004 Relating to: revolving loan funds administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority for certain activities of paper mills and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 1072 Relating to: federal government waivers and other requests for federal approval; public assistance programs; waivers from work search and registration requirements for certain unemployment insurance benefit claimants; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 1073 Relating to: legislative power and duties, state agency and authority composition and operations, administrative rule-making process, federal government waivers and approvals, unemployment insurance work search and registration requirements, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Died at session end 2015
• SB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Became law 2015
• AB 177 Relating to: limiting the foods that may be purchased under FoodShare; requiring a report on the cost to implement and comply with the food limitations; requiring review, updating, and publication of the list of authorized foods; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 188 Relating to: removing FoodShare benefits from an inactive account and expunging unused benefits after one year. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 191 Relating to: requiring drug testing and treatment for eligibility for certain work experience programs; requiring the Department of Health Services to request a waiver to screen and, if indicated, test and provide treatment to FoodShare employment and training participants for illegal use of a controlled substance; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 222 Relating to: photo identification cards for FoodShare recipients. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 245 Relating to: permitting a nutrition class to be an appropriate activity under the FoodShare employment and training program. Died at session end 2015
• AB 292 Relating to: a Grow Wisconsin pilot program providing benefits to FoodShare recipients for purchasing Wisconsin-grown foods and making an appropriation. Died at session end 2015
• AB 436 Relating to: the regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 535 Relating to: an optional incentive program for counties and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in certain public assistance programs, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 559 Relating to: eliminating the restriction on leasing managed forest land. Died at session end 2015
• AB 561 Relating to: taxes on managed forest lands, eligibility for the managed forest land program, management plans for managed forest land, sale or transfer of managed forest land, productivity of managed forest land, closed managed forest land, forest production areas, natural heritage inventory, wildlife action plans, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 580 Relating to: the width and weight limits of certain motor vehicles operated on a highway. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 638 Relating to: removal of vegetation obstructing certain outdoor advertising signs along highways. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 648 Relating to: seasonal placement of a Christmas tree in the rotunda of the state capitol building or in a church. Became law 2015
• AB 703 Relating to: planting trees, shrubs, or hedges on the side of certain highways. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AJR 24 Relating to: proclaiming April 2015 as Forestry and Paper Products Month. Passed one chamber 2015
• SB 214 Relating to: a Grow Wisconsin pilot program providing benefits to FoodShare recipients for purchasing Wisconsin-grown foods and making an appropriation. Died at session end 2015
• SB 417 Relating to: the width and weight limits of certain motor vehicles operated on a highway. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 434 Relating to: taxes on managed forest lands, eligibility for the managed forest land program, management plans for managed forest land, sale or transfer of managed forest land, productivity of managed forest land, closed managed forest land, forest production areas, natural heritage inventory, wildlife action plans, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 472 Relating to: an optional incentive program for counties and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in certain public assistance programs, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 504 Relating to: removal of vegetation obstructing certain outdoor advertising signs along highways. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 541 Relating to: planting trees, shrubs, or hedges on the side of certain highways. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 673 Relating to: the removal of trees from the highway right-of-way by Charles Automotive in the village of Coloma. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SJR 26 Relating to: proclaiming April 2015 as Forestry and Paper Products Month. Died at session end 2015
• AB 40 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2013 legislature. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 258 Relating to: maintenance and removal of vegetation obstructing the view of outdoor advertising signs along highways under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 355 Relating to: annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting loads near the Wisconsin-Michigan border. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 359 Relating to: authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to lease state forest land to the Boulder Junction Shooting Range for terms not exceeding 30 years. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 504 Relating to: public access to managed forest land that is located in a proposed mining site. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 665 Relating to: access to land acquired with stewardship funding and access to managed forest land. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 700 Relating to: eligibility requirements under the managed forest land program relating to parcel size and production of merchantable timber, management plans for managed forest lands, orders adding and withdrawing managed forest land, renewal of orders designating managed forest land, areas of managed forest lands that are open for public access, allowing managed forest lands to be used for recreational activities, regulation of cutting of timber on managed forest land and on forest croplands, withdrawal taxes and fees imposed on the withdrawal of managed forest land and yield taxes imposed for cutting timber from managed forest land, the sale or transfer of managed forest land, expiration of orders designating managed forest land, withdrawal of forest croplands that are held in trust for Indian tribes, a study of the managed forest land program, a report on exempt withdrawals from the managed forest land program and the forest cropland program, elimination of references to the woodland tax law, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 731 Relating to: the property tax exemption for rented personal property. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 732 Relating to: payments to counties for designated county forest lands and distribution of amounts paid to municipalities by owners of closed managed forest lands. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 219 Relating to: maintenance and removal of vegetation obstructing the view of outdoor advertising signs along highways under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 277 Relating to: authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to lease state forest land to the Boulder Junction Shooting Range for terms not exceeding 30 years. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 278 Relating to: public access to managed forest land that is located in a proposed mining site. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 279 Relating to: annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting loads near the Wisconsin-Michigan border. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 543 Relating to: eligibility requirements under the managed forest land program relating to parcel size and production of merchantable timber, management plans for managed forest lands, orders adding and withdrawing managed forest land, renewal of orders designating managed forest land, areas of managed forest lands that are open for public access, allowing managed forest lands to be used for recreational activities, regulation of cutting of timber on managed forest land and on forest croplands, withdrawal taxes and fees imposed on the withdrawal of managed forest land and yield taxes imposed for cutting timber from managed forest land, the sale or transfer of managed forest land, expiration of orders designating managed forest land, withdrawal of forest croplands that are held in trust for Indian tribes, a study of the managed forest land program, a report on exempt withdrawals from the managed forest land program and the forest cropland program, elimination of references to the woodland tax law, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 575 Relating to: payments to counties for designated county forest lands and distribution of amounts paid to municipalities by owners of closed managed forest lands. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 577 Relating to: the property tax exemption for rented personal property. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 603 Relating to: licenses for new dairy plants, food warehouses, food processing plants, retail food establishments, and meat establishments. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SJR 82 Relating to: proclaiming April 2014 as Forestry and Paper Products Month. Passed one chamber 2013
• AJR 110 Relating to: proclaiming April 2014 as Forestry and Paper Products Month. Died at session end 2013