Bills by subject

Natural Resources, Department of: Recreation and boating

56 bills and resolutions. 10 became law and 21 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 1106 Carbon monoxide detection systems on motorboats and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 9, 2026
SB 1064 Carbon monoxide detection systems on motorboats and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 7, 2026
AB 18 Fee waivers for state park vehicle admission receipts to pupils with Every Kid Outdoors passes. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 50 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 24

Mar 23, 2026
AB 18: Fee waivers for state park vehicle admission receipts to pupils with Every Kid Outdoors passes. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 249: Prohibiting abandonment of a boat and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 977: Registration requirements for nonmotorized boats. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 978: Hiking permits, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 979: Cross-country ski permits, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 980: Bicycling permits, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 981: Foraging permits, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1019: State parks vehicle admission receipts purchased with motor vehicle registration.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1033: The regulation of wakesurfing and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 1045: The regulation of wake-enhanced boating; ordinances restricting wake-enhanced boating; and civil immunity for local regulation of wake-enhanced boating.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 1106: Carbon monoxide detection systems on motorboats and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 19: Fee waivers for state park vehicle admission receipts to pupils with Every Kid Outdoors passes. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 250: Prohibiting abandonment of a boat and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 960: Hiking permits, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 961: Cross-country ski permits, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 962: Bicycling permits, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 963: Foraging permits, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 964: Registration requirements for nonmotorized boats. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1005: State parks vehicle admission receipts purchased with motor vehicle registration.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1024: The regulation of wake-enhanced boating; ordinances restricting wake-enhanced boating; and civil immunity for local regulation of wake-enhanced boating.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1025: The regulation of wakesurfing and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 7, 2026
SB 1064: Carbon monoxide detection systems on motorboats and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 18

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 73: The deadline for registering certain piers and wharves with the Department of Natural Resources.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 125: Membership on the State Trails Council.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 166: Membership on the State Trails Council.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 327: Age restrictions and safety certificate requirements regarding the operation of an all-terrain vehicle.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 439: Intoxicated operation of all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, motorboats, and motor vehicles, snowmobile safety instruction for persons under 16 years of age, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 453: Registration and operation of all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 465: Snowmobile registration, trail use sticker requirements, calculating the estimated snowmobile gas tax payment, and funding for supplemental snowmobile trail aids.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 589: Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to collect voluntary contributions in addition to fees charged for certain approvals, authorizing the voluntary contributions to be paid to the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 2, 2012
AB 721: Eliminating registration requirements for all-terrain vehicles used exclusively for agricultural purposes or used exclusively on private property.
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Jun 6, 2011
SB 59: The deadline for registering certain piers and wharves with the Department of Natural Resources.
Became law.
Dec 12, 2011
SB 77: Membership on the State Trails Council.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 235: Age restrictions and safety certificate requirements regarding the operation of an all-terrain vehicle.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 354: Registration and operation of all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 365: Snowmobile registration, trail use sticker requirements, calculating the estimated snowmobile gas tax payment, and funding for supplemental snowmobile trail aids.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 27, 2012
SB 441: Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to collect voluntary contributions in addition to fees charged for certain approvals, authorizing the voluntary contributions to be paid to the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, and making an appropriation.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 552: Eliminating registration requirements for all-terrain vehicles used exclusively for agricultural purposes or used exclusively on private property.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 14

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 94: Issuing annual vehicle admission receipts for motor buses for entry to state parks and other vehicle admission areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 264: The use of golf carts in Governor Tommy G. Thompson Centennial State Park and Peshtigo River State Forest and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 360: Discharges of ballast water and related substances into the waters of the state, aquatic nuisance species, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 377: Killing or harming with a motor vehicle or motorboat wild animals and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 837: Age restrictions, headgear requirements, and safety certificate requirements regarding the operation of an all-terrain vehicle.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 6, 2010
AB 841: Intoxicated operation of all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, motorboats, and motor vehicles, the calculation of the amount of moneys to be expended from the snowmobile account in the conservation fund for certain activities relating to snowmobile trails and routes, and providing penalties.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 855: Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to waive fishing license requirements for a weekend fishing event.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Nov 17, 2009
SB 38: Issuing annual vehicle admission receipts for motor buses for entry to state parks and other vehicle admission areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources.
Became law.
Nov 2, 2009
SB 188: The use of golf carts in Governor Tommy G. Thompson Centennial State Park and Peshtigo River State Forest and granting rule-making authority.
Became law.

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Apr 28, 2010
SB 265: Nonmotorized trail maintenance and use, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
May 20, 2010
SB 266: Creating a Nonmotorized Recreation and Transportation Trails Council.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 606: Age restrictions, headgear requirements, and safety certificate requirements regarding the operation of an all-terrain vehicle.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 677: Annexations of trails designated by the Department of Natural Resources.
Stopped in committee.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject