Subjects

Lakes

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

• 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 209 Relating to: creating a hazard mitigation revolving loan program, creating a Great Lakes erosion control revolving loan program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AJR 88 Relating to: recognizing November 10, 2025, as the 50th anniversary of the tragic loss of the crew of SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Died at session end 2025
• SB 207 Relating to: creating a hazard mitigation revolving loan program, creating a Great Lakes erosion control revolving loan program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SJR 83 Relating to: recognizing November 10, 2025, as the 50th anniversary of the tragic loss of the crew of SS Edmund Fitzgerald. 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
• AB 65 Relating to: eligibility for producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants. (FE) Became law 2023
• AB 97 Relating to: authorizing email for notice of public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district board business. Died at session end 2023
• SB 59 Relating to: eligibility for producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants. (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
• SB 85 Relating to: authorizing email for notice of public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district board business. Became law 2023
• AB 579 Relating to: use of fill in commercial waterways and Great Lakes waters. Died at session end 2023
• SB 541 Relating to: use of fill in commercial waterways and Great Lakes waters. Became law 2023
• AB 1190 Relating to: creating a Great Lakes erosion control revolving loan program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 1016 Relating to: the operation of a motorboat causing an amplified wake. 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 99 Relating to: sediment removed from Lake Michigan or Lake Superior. Became law 2021
• SB 93 Relating to: sediment removed from Lake Michigan or Lake Superior. Died at session end 2021
• AB 209 Relating to: biomanipulations to improve the water quality of lakes and impoundments and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 408 Relating to: authorization for metropolitan sewerage districts containing a first class city to finance and construct a dredged material management facility located in the city of Milwaukee. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 543 Relating to: grants for navigational buoys in the Lake Winnebago pool system. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 673 Relating to: stocking brook trout in Lake Michigan. Died at session end 2021
• AB 728 Relating to: nitrates under the well compensation program; eligibility for producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants; and the annual allocation plan for county conservation grants. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 779 Relating to: creating a Great Lakes erosion control revolving loan program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 849 Relating to: use of fill in commercial waterways and establishing shorelines of Great Lakes waters. (FE) 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 234 Relating to: biomanipulations to improve the water quality of lakes and impoundments and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 424 Relating to: authorization for metropolitan sewerage districts containing a first class city to finance and construct a dredged material management facility located in the city of Milwaukee. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 425 Relating to: authorization for metropolitan sewerage districts containing a first class city to finance and construct a dredged material management facility located in the city of Milwaukee. (FE) Became law 2021
• SB 544 Relating to: grants for navigational buoys in the Lake Winnebago pool system. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 612 Relating to: stocking brook trout in Lake Michigan. Vetoed 2021
• SB 678 Relating to: nitrates under the well compensation program; eligibility for producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants; and the annual allocation plan for county conservation grants. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 767 Relating to: creating a Great Lakes erosion control revolving loan program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 900 Relating to: use of fill in commercial waterways and establishing shorelines of Great Lakes waters. (FE) Vetoed 2021
• AJR 147 Relating to: recognizing Wisconsin Water Week 2022. 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
• SB 59 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Died at session end 2019
• AB 190 Relating to: wetland mitigation banks, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Died at session end 2019
• AB 333 Relating to: use of formerly submerged land in the city of Racine. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 347 Relating to: sand removed from Lake Michigan or Lake Superior. Died at session end 2019
• AB 360 Relating to: elections to a lake protection and rehabilitation district board of commissioners. Died at session end 2019
• AB 503 Relating to: lake management grants and river protection management grants for floating treatment wetlands. Died at session end 2019
• AB 600 Relating to: bid requirements for public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts. Died at session end 2019
• AB 795 Relating to: grants and funding for water stewardship certification, a grazing coordinator position, producer-led watershed protection grants, lake protection, soil and water conservation, and crop insurance premium rebates for cover crops; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 798 Relating to: biomanipulation projects to improve the water quality of lakes and impoundments and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 866 Relating to: well compensation grants, lead service line replacements, funding for soil and water programs, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 974 Relating to: creating a Great Lakes erosion control revolving loan program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AJR 45 Relating to: proclaiming September 7, 2019, as Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Appreciation Day. Died at session end 2019
• SB 169 Relating to: wetland mitigation banks, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. Became law 2019
• SB 306 Relating to: use of formerly submerged land in the city of Racine. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 323 Relating to: sand removed from Lake Michigan or Lake Superior. Died at session end 2019
• SB 335 Relating to: elections to a lake protection and rehabilitation district board of commissioners. Became law 2019
• SB 485 Relating to: lake management grants and river protection management grants for floating treatment wetlands. Became law 2019
• SB 559 Relating to: bid requirements for public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts. Died at session end 2019
• SB 672 Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 715 Relating to: grants and funding for water stewardship certification, a grazing coordinator position, producer-led watershed protection grants, lake protection, soil and water conservation, and crop insurance premium rebates for cover crops; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 725 Relating to: biomanipulation projects to improve the water quality of lakes and impoundments and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 884 Relating to: creating a Great Lakes erosion control revolving loan program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SJR 35 Relating to: proclaiming September 7, 2019, as Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Appreciation Day. Died at session end 2019
• SB 4 Relating to: a minimum limit on the amount of chubs that may be commercially harvested from the waters of Lake Michigan. Died at session end 2017
• AB 31 Relating to: a minimum limit on the amount of chubs that may be commercially harvested from the waters of Lake Michigan. 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 76 Relating to: replacement, reconstruction, and transfer of an approved high capacity well, recommendation of special groundwater measures by the Department of Natural Resources, and metering requirements and grants for certain high capacity wells. Became law 2017
• AB 105 Relating to: replacement, reconstruction, and transfer of an approved high capacity well, recommendation of special groundwater measures by the Department of Natural Resources, and metering requirements and grants for certain high capacity wells. Died at session end 2017
• AB 214 Relating to: prohibiting certain mining and drilling activities that cause the destruction or filling in of a lake bed, reservoir, or flowage or that cause the withdrawal of water from a reservoir or flowage. Died at session end 2017
• AB 281 Relating to: designation of a water supply service area by the Great Lakes Council. Died at session end 2017
• AB 926 Relating to: shoreline maintenance in outlying waters. Became law 2017
• SB 152 Relating to: prohibiting certain mining and drilling activities that cause the destruction or filling in of a lake bed, reservoir, or flowage or that cause the withdrawal of water from a reservoir or flowage. Died at session end 2017
• SB 180 Relating to: designation of a water supply service area by the Great Lakes Council. Became law 2017
• SB 747 Relating to: shoreline maintenance in outlying waters. Died at session end 2017
• AB 47 Relating to: membership of boards of commissioners established for public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 154 Relating to: the authority of a town and of a county to zone shorelands in a town that is located entirely on an island in Lake Superior and authorized to exercise village powers. Died at session end 2015
• AB 323 Relating to: prohibiting certain mining and drilling activities that cause the destruction or filling in of a lake bed, reservoir, or flowage or that cause the withdrawal of water from a reservoir or flowage. Died at session end 2015
• AB 372 Relating to: membership of the board of commissioners of public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts. Became law 2015
• AB 393 Relating to: granting Brown County certain submerged lands in Green Bay. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 477 Relating to: approvals for high capacity wells, designation of sensitive resource areas, providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 598 Relating to: lake monitoring and protection grants and contracts and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 600 Relating to: the regulation of navigable waters and wetlands. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 104 Relating to: the authority of a town and of a county to zone shorelands in a town that is located entirely on an island in Lake Superior and authorized to exercise village powers. Became law 2015
• SB 282 Relating to: granting Brown County certain submerged lands in Green Bay. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 291 Relating to: approvals for high capacity wells, designation of sensitive resource areas, providing exemptions from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 331 Relating to: membership of the board of commissioners of public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts. Died at session end 2015
• SB 436 Relating to: lake monitoring and protection grants and contracts and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 459 Relating to: the regulation of navigable waters and wetlands. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 798 Relating to: a minimum limit on the amount of chubs that may be commercially harvested from the waters of Lake Michigan. Died at session end 2015
• AB 1025 Relating to: a minimum limit on the amount of chubs that may be commercially harvested from the waters of Lake Michigan. 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 155 Relating to: a sea lamprey control program. Died at session end 2013
• AB 352 Relating to: allowing placement of net pens in navigable waters under a statewide general permit and exceptions for certain requirements that apply to fish farms. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 476 Relating to: local regulation of nonmetallic mining; local regulation of air quality; local regulation of water quality; local regulation of the use of explosives in mining, quarrying, and related activities; highway use contracts by local governments; and local regulation of borrow sites and material disposal sites for transportation projects of the Department of Transportation. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 655 Relating to: establishing the shoreline of Lake Michigan in the city of Milwaukee. Became law 2013
• AB 778 Relating to: prohibiting certain mining and drilling activities that cause the destruction or filling in of a lake bed, reservoir, or flowage or that cause the withdrawal of water from a reservoir or flowage. Died at session end 2013
• AB 804 Relating to: shoreline maintenance activities in outlying waters. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AJR 92 Relating to: commemorating the Great Lakes shipping industry and those whose lives were lost in shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. Passed one chamber 2013
• SB 134 Relating to: a sea lamprey control program. Became law 2013
• SB 349 Relating to: local regulation of nonmetallic mining; local regulation of air quality; local regulation of water quality; local regulation of the use of explosives in mining, quarrying, and related activities; highway use contracts by local governments; and local regulation of borrow sites and material disposal sites for transportation projects of the Department of Transportation. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 522 Relating to: establishing the shoreline of Lake Michigan in the city of Milwaukee. Died at session end 2013