Subjects

Water — Pollution

139 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 131 Relating to: programs and requirements to address PFAS. Became law 2025
• AB 606 Relating to: regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products, renaming the Division of Alcohol Beverages as the Division of Intoxicating Products, creating an occupational tax on hemp-derived cannabinoid products, alcohol beverage warehouses and production arrangements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 632 Relating to: issuance of permits for the mining of sulfide ore bodies. Died at session end 2025
• AB 635 Relating to: notifying counties and tribes of an exceedance of groundwater protection standards or standards for PFAS. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 797 Relating to: grants for testing privately owned wells and providing education, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 956 Relating to: exempting certain agricultural warehouses from automatic fire sprinkler requirements. Vetoed 2025
• SB 128 Relating to: programs and requirements to address PFAS. Died at session end 2025
• SB 623 Relating to: issuance of permits for the mining of sulfide ore bodies. Died at session end 2025
• SB 628 Relating to: notifying counties and tribes of an exceedance of groundwater protection standards or standards for PFAS. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 681 Relating to: regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products, renaming the Division of Alcohol Beverages as the Division of Intoxicating Products, creating an occupational tax on hemp-derived cannabinoid products, alcohol beverage warehouses and production arrangements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 762 Relating to: grants for testing privately owned wells and providing education, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 971 Relating to: exempting certain agricultural warehouses from automatic fire sprinkler requirements. 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
• SB 99 Relating to: funding for reduction of infiltration and inflow in connecting laterals and sewer lines. (FE) Became law 2023
• AB 100 Relating to: funding for reduction of infiltration and inflow in connecting laterals and sewer lines. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 220 Relating to: funding for the Fenwood Creek watershed pilot project. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 312 Relating to: programs and requirements to address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Died at session end 2023
• AB 457 Relating to: authorizing the Public Service Commission to regulate storm water utilities. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 479 Relating to: local minimum wage ordinances. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 488 Relating to: elimination of tipped minimum wage. Died at session end 2023
• SB 220 Relating to: funding for the Fenwood Creek watershed pilot project. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 312 Relating to: programs and requirements to address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Vetoed 2023
• SB 455 Relating to: authorizing the Public Service Commission to regulate storm water utilities. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 457 Relating to: elimination of tipped minimum wage. Died at session end 2023
• AB 1118 Relating to: safety requirements for storm water retention ponds and granting rule-making authority. Died at session end 2023
• AB 1122 Relating to: grants for testing privately owned wells and providing education, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1146 Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 1017 Relating to: safety requirements for storm water retention ponds and granting rule-making authority. Died at session end 2023
• SB 1038 Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) 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 243 Relating to: allocation of federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funds for certain environmental purposes and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Vetoed 2021
• AB 278 Relating to: elimination of tipped minimum wage. Died at session end 2021
• AB 419 Relating to: regulating and addressing PFAS, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 477 Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 500 Relating to: allowing installation of certain groundwater recharge systems. Died at session end 2021
• AB 501 Relating to: procedural changes for applications under the Clean Water Fund Program and the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 691 Relating to: classification of motor vehicle operators as independent contractors or employees. Died at session end 2021
• AB 719 Relating to: loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain improvements to properties and collection of the debt by special charge. Died at session end 2021
• AB 987 Relating to: peer review of administrative rules, comments to proposed statements of scope, and review of proposed groundwater enforcement standards. (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 271 Relating to: allocation of federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funds for certain environmental purposes and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 286 Relating to: elimination of tipped minimum wage. Died at session end 2021
• SB 361 Relating to: regulating and addressing PFAS, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 452 Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 489 Relating to: procedural changes for applications under the Clean Water Fund Program and the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program. (FE) Became law 2021
• SB 501 Relating to: allowing installation of certain groundwater recharge systems. Died at session end 2021
• SB 692 Relating to: loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain improvements to properties and collection of the debt by special charge. Became law 2021
• SB 703 Relating to: classification of motor vehicle operators as independent contractors or employees. Vetoed 2021
• SB 894 Relating to: peer review of administrative rules, comments to proposed statements of scope, and review of proposed groundwater enforcement standards. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 968 Relating to: funding for the Fenwood Creek watershed pilot project. Died at session end 2021
• SJR 86 Relating to: supporting the efforts by the State of Wisconsin and others in the Mississippi River Basin to work together to achieve the goals of the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan and a reduction of the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Died at session end 2021
• AB 1043 Relating to: funding for the Fenwood Creek watershed pilot project. Died at session end 2021
• AJR 104 Relating to: supporting the efforts by the State of Wisconsin and others in the Mississippi River Basin to work together to achieve the goals of the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan and a reduction of the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico. 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 69 Relating to: permit fees for concentrated animal feeding operations. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 85 Relating to: state health-based groundwater quality standards for certain groundwater contaminants. Died at session end 2019
• SB 31 Relating to: permit fees for concentrated animal feeding operations. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 59 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Died at session end 2019
• SB 91 Relating to: buying and selling water pollution credits through a central clearinghouse. (FE) Became law 2019
• AB 113 Relating to: buying and selling water pollution credits through a central clearinghouse. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 276 Relating to: water quality management in state highway projects. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 700 Relating to: notifying counties of certain water pollution violations, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 794 Relating to: public notice and comment period for certain groundwater standards. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 843 Relating to: PFAS standards and grant programs, providing blood testing for certain individuals, requiring a cancer cluster study, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (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 867 Relating to: groundwater monitoring, CAFO fees, nutrient management plans, well construction rules, the SnapPlus program, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 916 Relating to: groundwater standards and waterborne dangers, funding for the state laboratory of hygiene, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 919 Relating to: providing farmers technical assistance related to water quality, organic production, and soil health; increasing cost-share rates; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AJR 54 Relating to: supporting the efforts by the State of Wisconsin and others in the Mississippi River Basin to work together to achieve the goals of the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan and a reduction of the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Died at session end 2019
• SB 109 Relating to: state health-based groundwater quality standards for certain groundwater contaminants. Died at session end 2019
• SB 275 Relating to: water quality management in state highway projects. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 632 Relating to: notifying counties of certain water pollution violations, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 708 Relating to: public notice and comment period for certain groundwater standards. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 732 Relating to: groundwater management, approval of high capacity wells, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 772 Relating to: PFAS standards and grant programs, providing blood testing for certain individuals, requiring a cancer cluster study, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 856 Relating to: providing farmers technical assistance related to water quality, organic production, and soil health; increasing cost-share rates; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SJR 44 Relating to: supporting the efforts by the State of Wisconsin and others in the Mississippi River Basin to work together to achieve the goals of the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan and a reduction of the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Died at session end 2019
• AB 50 Relating to: groundwater management, approval of high capacity wells, and granting rule-making authority. (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 22 Relating to: groundwater management, approval of high capacity wells, and granting rule-making authority. (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
• SB 95 Relating to: regulation of aquaculture and fish farms, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 160 Relating to: regulation of aquaculture and fish farms, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 499 Relating to: the regulation of nonferrous metallic mining, prospecting, exploration, and bulk sampling, repealing administrative rules relating to wetlands, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 532 Relating to: one-call system enforcement and other requirements, Public Service Commission authority regarding state energy policy, settlements between parties in Public Service Commission dockets, various public utility regulatory requirements, the regulation of utility facilities under a county construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning ordinance, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 770 Relating to: workforce housing development tax incremental districts; local fees and charges; local levy limits; subdivision approval conditions; plat approval conditions; expiration of certain project approvals; division of land by certified survey map; erosion control and storm water management; limiting certain local regulatory authority; relocation benefits in condemnation proceedings; and zoning ordinance amendments. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 814 Relating to: a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 881 Relating to: notifying well owners and counties of certain water pollution violations, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 946 Relating to: producer led watershed protection grants and transferring moneys within the environmental fund. (FE) Became law 2017
• SB 177 Relating to: drainage districts and regulating the removal of material from certain drainage ditches. (FE) Became law 2017
• SB 395 Relating to: the regulation of nonferrous metallic mining, prospecting, exploration, and bulk sampling, repealing administrative rules relating to wetlands, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 475 Relating to: one-call system enforcement and other requirements, Public Service Commission authority regarding state energy policy, settlements between parties in Public Service Commission dockets, various public utility regulatory requirements, the regulation of utility facilities under a county construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning ordinance, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 640 Relating to: workforce housing development tax incremental districts; local fees and charges; local levy limits; subdivision approval conditions; plat approval conditions; expiration of certain project approvals; division of land by certified survey map; erosion control and storm water management; limiting certain local regulatory authority; relocation benefits in condemnation proceedings; and zoning ordinance amendments. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 739 Relating to: notifying well owners and counties of certain water pollution violations, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 796 Relating to: producer led watershed protection grants and transferring moneys within the environmental fund. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 879 Relating to: allowing Green County to regulate the land application of manure. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 1006 Relating to: state health-based groundwater quality standards for certain groundwater contaminants. Died at session end 2017
• SB 2 Relating to: a state minimum wage, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SR 9 Relating to: requiring the appointment of a senate committee on water issues affecting Wisconsin. Died at session end 2015
• AB 12 Relating to: a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Died at session end 2015
• AR 25 Relating to: requiring the appointment of an assembly committee on water issues affecting Wisconsin. 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
• SB 72 Relating to: groundwater management, approval of high capacity wells, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 105 Relating to: groundwater management, approval of high capacity wells, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 158 Relating to: repealing rules promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources. Became law 2015
• AB 264 Relating to: a state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 442 Relating to: water quality management planning for Dane County. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 600 Relating to: the regulation of navigable waters and wetlands. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 637 Relating to: control of nonpoint source water pollution in certain areas with carbonate bedrock and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 640 Relating to: regulation of aquaculture and fish farms. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 735 Relating to: the review of water quality standards and variances to water quality standards by the Department of Natural Resources and exempting certain actions of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration from the requirement to promulgate rules relating to the statewide water quality variance for phosphorus. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 755 Relating to: activities affecting waters of this state carried out under the direction of the Department of Transportation, performance standards and effluent limitations for new and modified point sources of pollution, and termination of certain permits authorizing discharges into waters of this state. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 904 Relating to: creation of a Wage Council to study and make recommendations concerning increases in the minimum wage and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 128 Relating to: repealing rules promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources. Died at session end 2015
• SB 459 Relating to: the regulation of navigable waters and wetlands. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 469 Relating to: control of nonpoint source water pollution in certain areas with carbonate bedrock and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 493 Relating to: regulation of aquaculture and fish farms. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 567 Relating to: the review of water quality standards and variances to water quality standards by the Department of Natural Resources and exempting certain actions of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration from the requirement to promulgate rules relating to the statewide water quality variance for phosphorus. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 588 Relating to: activities affecting waters of this state carried out under the direction of the Department of Transportation, performance standards and effluent limitations for new and modified point sources of pollution, and termination of certain permits authorizing discharges into waters of this state. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 780 Relating to: the minimum wage required to be paid to tipped employees. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 1 Relating to: regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities, procedures for obtaining approvals from the Department of Natural Resources for the construction of utility facilities, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 1 Relating to: regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities, procedures for obtaining approvals from the Department of Natural Resources for the construction of utility facilities, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 3 Relating to: regulation of metallic mining, an occupation tax on iron mining, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 13 Relating to: methods of providing assistance under the Clean Water Fund Program and the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program and projects that are eligible for assistance under the Clean Water Fund Program. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 40 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2013 legislature. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 46 Relating to: regulation of metallic mining, an occupation tax on iron mining, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 10 Relating to: methods of providing assistance under the Clean Water Fund Program and the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program and projects that are eligible for assistance under the Clean Water Fund Program. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 215 Relating to: the number of wastewater discharge permits required for a publicly owned sewage treatment facility or system. Died at session end 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 680 Relating to: adaptive management plans for reducing discharges of phosphorus and total suspended solids to the waters of the state and a statewide variance to the water quality standard for phosphorus for certain dischargers. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 836 Relating to: activities affecting waters of this state carried out under the direction of the Department of Transportation, performance standards and effluent limitations for new and modified point sources of pollution, and termination of certain permits authorizing discharges into waters of this state. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 848 Relating to: areawide water quality management planning for Dane County. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 190 Relating to: the number of wastewater discharge permits required for a publicly owned sewage treatment facility or system. 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 547 Relating to: adaptive management plans for reducing discharges of phosphorus and total suspended solids to the waters of the state and a statewide variance to the water quality standard for phosphorus for certain dischargers. (FE) Became law 2013