Tech & Data Centers

348 bills and resolutions. 64 became law, 6 were vetoed, and 151 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

Big tech campuses, their power and water use, tax breaks. This topic is our grouping of 6 headings from the Legislature's own subject index, listed below. A bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under one of them, and each count comes from the bill's official history.

Headings gathered here

Latest activity

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

AB 415 Use restrictions on state and local government electronic devices.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 673 Banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 176 An income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 7 Prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026

Every bill on this topic

2025–26 session: 177

Oct 31, 2025
AB 2: Requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.
Became law.
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.
Oct 31, 2025
AB 75: Department of Justice collection and reporting of certain criminal case data. (FE)
Became law.
Jul 8, 2025
AB 140: Limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Port Washington. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 142: Algorithmic software for residential housing, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 24, 2026
AB 180: Requiring the Department of Health Services to seek any necessary waiver to prohibit the purchase of candy or soft drinks with FoodShare benefits. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 208: An income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 228: Tax incremental financing districts containing qualified data centers. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Aug 11, 2025
AB 242: Tampering with telecommunication or electric wires and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 245: Modifying the sales and use tax exemption for qualified data centers. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 278: Grants to law enforcement agencies for data-sharing platforms.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 292: The use of artificial intelligence or other machine assisted translation in court proceedings and of telephone or live audiovisual interpretation in criminal trials. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 364: A virtual reality technology pilot program for school districts. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 377: Establishing English as the official state language, use of artificial intelligence or other machine-assisted translation tools in lieu of appointing English language interpreters, and use of English for governmental oral and written communication and for nongovernmental purposes. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 384: Virtual currency kiosks.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
AB 415: Use restrictions on state and local government electronic devices.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 471: The regulation of digital assets.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 487: Meeting in closed session to consider information technology security issues.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 491: Video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 575: Prohibiting state agencies and local governmental units from using facial recognition technology or data generated from it.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 576: Limiting the use of automatic registration plate readers, requiring a search warrant for data from an automatic registration plate reader or security camera, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 601: Excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of “bet”.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 626: Electronic copies of operators’ licenses and identification cards. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 634: Release of audio and video footage following officer-involved deaths or other critical incidents involving a law enforcement officer. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 652: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
May 13, 2026
AB 673: Banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Apr 6, 2026
AB 722: Large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 724: Department of Corrections reporting of complaints in state correctional institutions and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 735: Online clearinghouse of information for small businesses in Wisconsin. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 816: Grants to WisconsinEye for the establishment of an endowment fund, creating the Office of the Public Affairs Network to administer a public affairs network in Wisconsin, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 840: Certain requirements related to data centers.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 892: Digital asset staking and the state’s securities laws.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 909: An enterprise-wide data and efficiency study. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 912: An audiovisual recording of a child’s statement admitted as evidence.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 948: Policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during the school day in public schools.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 959: The legal status of artificial intelligence.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 960: Requiring social media platforms to provide mental health warnings and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 962: App stores and app developers and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 963: Social media accounts for minors and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 965: Artificial intelligence systems that simulate humanlike relationships with children and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 967: Funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program for social media education and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 968: Virtual currency kiosks.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 988: Video recording of surgical procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1036: Prohibiting nondisclosure agreements intended to conceal information about a data center from the public.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1054: Public affairs network request for proposals.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1065: Requirements for broadband expansion grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1066: Prioritizing certain farm projects under the broadband expansion grant program.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1067: Advertising broadband and other Internet speeds and providing a standardized broadband label.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
AB 1068: Broadband expansion grants for cities, villages, towns, and counties and telecommunications-related construction projects of cities, villages, and towns. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1069: A study committee on the installation of empty conduit lines for future fiber-optic internet expansion.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1099: Moratorium on data centers.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 24, 2026
AB 1108: Broadband line extension grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
AB 1109: Use of artificial intelligence to deny prior authorization for medical necessity or experimental status.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1161: Online services accessed by minors, minors’ personal data, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 29: Requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
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 142: Algorithmic software for residential housing, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 176: An income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 236: Tampering with telecommunication or electric wires and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 241: Tax incremental financing districts containing qualified data centers. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 244: Modifying the sales and use tax exemption for qualified data centers. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Dec 10, 2025
SB 279: Grants to law enforcement agencies for data-sharing platforms.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 295: The use of artificial intelligence or other machine assisted translation in court proceedings and of telephone or live audiovisual interpretation in criminal trials. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 325: A virtual reality technology pilot program for school districts. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 357: Establishing English as the official state language, use of artificial intelligence or other machine-assisted translation tools in lieu of appointing English language interpreters, and use of English for governmental oral and written communication and for nongovernmental purposes. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 386: Virtual currency kiosks.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 400: Use restrictions on state and local government electronic devices.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 6, 2026
SB 485: Video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 535: The regulation of digital assets.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 592: Excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of “bet”.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 619: Electronic copies of operators’ licenses and identification cards. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 633: Meeting in closed session to consider information technology security issues.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 649: Banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 677: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 726: Department of Corrections reporting of complaints in state correctional institutions and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 6, 2026
SB 729: Large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 740: Online clearinghouse of information for small businesses in Wisconsin. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 758: Social media platforms’ treatment of minors and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 807: Grants to WisconsinEye for the establishment of an endowment fund, creating the Office of the Public Affairs Network to administer a public affairs network in Wisconsin, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 843: Certain requirements related to data centers.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 9, 2026
SB 884: An audiovisual recording of a child’s statement admitted as evidence.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 885: Digital asset staking and the state’s securities laws.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 932: The legal status of artificial intelligence.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 933: Requiring social media platforms to provide mental health warnings and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 936: Social media accounts for minors and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 937: App stores and app developers and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 939: Artificial intelligence systems that simulate humanlike relationships with children and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 941: An enterprise-wide data and efficiency study. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 951: Creating the Office of Financial Technology Innovation in the Department of Financial Institutions and a cryptocurrency pilot project, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 957: Policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during the school day in public schools.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 968: Funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program for social media education and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 969: Prohibiting nondisclosure agreements intended to conceal information about a data center from the public.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 975: Virtual currency kiosks.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 978: Online services accessed by minors, minors’ personal data, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 994: Public affairs network request for proposals.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1036: Advertising broadband and other Internet speeds and providing a standardized broadband label.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1037: Requirements for broadband expansion grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1038: A study committee on the installation of empty conduit lines for future fiber-optic internet expansion.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
SB 1039: Broadband expansion grants for cities, villages, towns, and counties and telecommunications-related construction projects of cities, villages, and towns. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1040: Prioritizing certain farm projects under the broadband expansion grant program.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1061: Moratorium on data centers.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1062: Broadband line extension grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
SB 1066: Use of artificial intelligence to deny prior authorization for medical necessity or experimental status.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 25: An incumbent transmission facility owner’s right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities and Public Service Commission procedures if the transmission facility is a regionally cost-shared transmission line.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 108: A nuclear power siting study and time limits for taking final action on certain certificate of public convenience and necessity applications. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 132: Creating a board to organize, promote, and host a Wisconsin nuclear power summit. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 174: Transmission facilities; installation of large wind energy, large solar energy, and battery energy storage systems; installation of light-mitigating technology systems; and prioritizing nuclear energy resources. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 472: A nuclear energy generation tax credit; prioritizing nuclear energy resources; approval of certain electric tariffs for very large customers; and authorizing electric utilities to recover certain precertification costs through rates. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 493: Authorizing community solar programs and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 618: A sales and use tax exemption and an income and franchise tax credit for nuclear energy facilities. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 2, 2026
AB 657: A sales and use tax exemption for nuclear fusion technology projects. (FE)
Became law.
Apr 3, 2026
AB 768: Operation of drones over certain utility facilities and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 858: Public Service Commission consideration of the social cost of carbon emissions and the recovery of costs relating to fossil fuel energy production infrastructure and transitioning to renewable resource energy production. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 869: Increasing the Focus on Energy rate and including residential energy storage in Focus on Energy. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 24, 2026
AB 1151: Securitization of retiring power plants. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 1162: A very large customer class for electric utilities and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 2, 2026
AB 1167: Prohibiting recovery of a rate of return on retired electric generating facilities; an exemption from certificate requirements for constructing a large electric generating facility; and a permit dashboard for applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1177: Notice provided to electric utility customers with rate case information...
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 1203: Net zero emissions, carbon-free and renewable energy standards, and creating an office of sustainability and clean energy, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 6: Recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 28: An incumbent transmission facility owner’s right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities and Public Service Commission procedures if the transmission facility is a regionally cost-shared transmission line.
Stopped in committee.
Jul 3, 2025
SB 124: Creating a board to organize, promote, and host a Wisconsin nuclear power summit. (FE)
Became law.
Jul 3, 2025
SB 125: A nuclear power siting study and time limits for taking final action on certain certificate of public convenience and necessity applications. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 502: A nuclear energy generation tax credit; prioritizing nuclear energy resources; approval of certain electric tariffs for very large customers; and authorizing electric utilities to recover certain precertification costs through rates. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 559: Authorizing community solar programs and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 636: A sales and use tax exemption for nuclear fusion technology projects. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 637: A sales and use tax exemption and an income and franchise tax credit for nuclear energy facilities. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 766: Operation of drones over certain utility facilities and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 869: Increasing the Focus on Energy rate and including residential energy storage in Focus on Energy. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1120: Securitization of retiring power plants. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
SB 1122: Prohibiting recovery of a rate of return on retired electric generating facilities; an exemption from certificate requirements for constructing a large electric generating facility; and a permit dashboard for applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 1, 2026
SB 1125: Priorities for siting certain electric transmission facilities.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1141: Notice provided to electric utility customers with rate case information...
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1150: Net zero emissions, carbon-free and renewable energy standards, and creating an office of sustainability and clean energy, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1152: Requirements for granting a certificate for certain electric facilities and use of environmental trust bonds to finance the costs of retiring electric facilities.
Stopped in committee.
Jun 25, 2025
SJR 7: Recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 69: The sales and use tax exemption for electricity and natural gas sold for residential use. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 559: Providing utility aid payments for certain energy storage facilities. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 90: The sales and use tax exemption for electricity and natural gas sold for residential use. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 6, 2026
SB 556: Providing utility aid payments for certain energy storage facilities. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 7: Requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 83: Governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 161: Governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 284: Enumeration of projects in the Authorized State Building Program, modifications to building program project budgets, selection of project architects and engineers, single prime contracting, agency cooperation with energy conservation contractors, timeline for claims before the Claims Board, and making a transfer to the state building trust fund. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 830: Required inclusions in the long-range statewide transportation plan. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 844: Creating a stretch energy code. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 868: Focus on Energy inclusion of programs promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy measures for low-income households and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 872: The Energy Innovation Grant Program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 876: An energy efficiency grant program for school districts, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 900: Eligibility for farmland preservation tax credits. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 901: Net metering for rooftop solar energy systems.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
AB 1181: The school district revenue limit adjustment for energy efficiency projects. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 3: Requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 7: Prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 82: Governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 184: Governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 296: Enumeration of projects in the Authorized State Building Program, modifications to building program project budgets, selection of project architects and engineers, single prime contracting, agency cooperation with energy conservation contractors, timeline for claims before the Claims Board, and making a transfer to the state building trust fund. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 824: Required inclusions in the long-range statewide transportation plan. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 827: Creating a stretch energy code. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 857: The Energy Innovation Grant Program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 863: An energy efficiency grant program for school districts, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 870: Focus on Energy inclusion of programs promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy measures for low-income households and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 890: Eligibility for farmland preservation tax credits. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 892: Net metering for rooftop solar energy systems.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 7, 2026
SB 1167: The school district revenue limit adjustment for energy efficiency projects. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 3, 2026
AB 751: Calculation of fuel costs for an electric public utility’s fuel cost plan.
Became law.
Apr 6, 2026
AB 785: A percentage of income payment program for electricity and gas service, electricity and gas service disconnections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 867: On-bill financing of energy improvements and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 919: Communication facility relocation reimbursements and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1062: Prohibited employment for former members of the Public Service Commission.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1143: Utility charges related to residential rental agreements.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 1211: Grants to municipalities to acquire or create public utilities and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 733: Calculation of fuel costs for an electric public utility’s fuel cost plan.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 6, 2026
SB 780: A percentage of income payment program for electricity and gas service, electricity and gas service disconnections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 858: On-bill financing of energy improvements and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1034: Prohibited employment for former members of the Public Service Commission.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1092: A cap on rate increases for retail electric service.
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 82

Mar 23, 2012
AB 18: Collection and analysis of motor vehicle traffic stop information and law enforcement training standards.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 45: Authorizing county treasurers to provide notice of unclaimed funds by using the Internet.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 61: Creating an income and franchise tax credit for constructing and operating a data center that is designed for maximum energy efficiency and minimum environmental impact and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 71: Revocation for immoral conduct of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 111: Prohibiting certain telephone calls using electronically prerecorded messages, rules for requesting a listing in the nonsolicitation directory, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 175: Requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 206: Inattentive driving and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 17, 2012
AB 232: Rights of crime victims and witnesses.
Became law.
Nov 14, 2011
AB 248: Annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles transporting overheight loads of hay or straw.
Became law.

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Mar 22, 2012
AB 322: Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 359: An income and franchise tax credit for providing broadband service.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 365: Electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, and proof of residence for voting in an election and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 378: The form and content of certain communications made for political purposes.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 421: The issuance of, and exemptions from, certain individual permits, contracts, and general permits for structures, deposits, and other activities in or near navigable waters; areas of significant scientific value that are areas of special natural resource interest; repair and maintenance of boathouses and fixed houseboats; information required to be published on the Department of Natural Resources Internet Web site; expedited procedures for certain plan approvals; deadlines for action on certain approval applications; and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 493: The procedure for the administrative dissolution of corporations.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 541: Portable electronics insurance and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 10, 2012
AB 548: The typeface used, and rates charged, for publication of legal notices.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 591: Political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and the scope of regulated activity and reporting of certain activity under the campaign finance law.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 671: Legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 700: Posting of gubernatorial appointment vacancies on the Internet Web site of the Office of the Governor.
Stopped in committee.
Jun 24, 2011
SB 15: Collection and analysis of motor vehicle traffic stop information and law enforcement training standards.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 16: Prohibiting certain telephone calls using electronically prerecorded messages, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 31: Creating an income and franchise tax credit for constructing and operating a data center that is designed for maximum energy efficiency and minimum environmental impact and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 37: Authorizing county treasurers to provide notice of unclaimed funds by using the Internet.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 28, 2011
SB 49: Revocation for immoral conduct of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction.
Became law.
Apr 12, 2012
SB 104: Requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 10, 2012
SB 114: Legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 281: The form and content of certain communications made for political purposes.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 326: The issuance of, and exemptions from, certain individual permits, contracts, and general permits for structures, deposits, and other activities in or near navigable waters; areas of significant scientific value that are areas of special natural resource interest; repair and maintenance of boathouses and fixed houseboats; information required to be published on the Department of Natural Resources Internet Web site; expedited procedures for certain plan approvals; deadlines for action on certain approval applications; and granting rule-making authority.
Became law.
Apr 10, 2012
SB 391: The procedure for the administrative dissolution of corporations.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 414: The typeface used, and rates charged, for publication of legal notices.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 10, 2012
SB 429: Portable electronics insurance and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 446: Political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and the scope of regulated activity and reporting of certain activity under the campaign finance law.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 485: Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in institutions of higher education.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 528: Electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, and proof of residence for voting in an election and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 556: Selection of student information system software vendors by the Department of Public Instruction.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 565: Providing the public with information on state agency operations expenditures and state agency contracts and grants.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 114: Eligibility of hydroelectric resources under the renewable portfolio standard.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 145: Authorizing the Public Service Commission to approve temporary electric rates to promote economic development.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 146: Use of renewable resource credits to comply with renewable portfolio standards.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 527: Commissioners of the Public Service Commission; notices, orders, and determinations of the commission; certificates of authority issued by the commission; approval of contracts by the commission; electricity sales from certain wholesale merchant plants; public utility removal of certain electric service lines; renewable resource credits; tampering or interfering with utility equipment; granting rule-making authority; and providing penalties.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 730: Certificates of public convenience and necessity and permits for certain electric generating facilities and high-voltage transmission lines.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 3, 2012
AB 734: Treatment of hydroelectric power under the renewable portfolio standard.
Stopped in committee.
Jul 7, 2011
SB 81: Eligibility of hydroelectric resources under the renewable portfolio standard.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 102: Authorizing the Public Service Commission to approve temporary electric rates to promote economic development.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2012
SB 428: Commissioners of the Public Service Commission; notices, orders, and determinations of the commission; certificates of authority issued by the commission; approval of contracts by the commission; electricity sales from certain wholesale merchant plants; public utility removal of certain electric service lines; renewable resource credits; tampering or interfering with utility equipment; granting rule-making authority; and providing penalties.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 488: 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.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 238: The sales and use tax exemption for electricity and natural gas.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 2, 2012
SB 519: Renewable energy goals for state energy consumption and for energy use by certain state agencies.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 72: Wind energy system rules.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 117: An addition to the 2009-11 Authorized State Building Program and granting bonding authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 201: Regulation of geothermal well drillers and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 358: Creating a nonrefundable individual and corporate income and franchise tax credit for purchasing and installing a thermal biomass heating system.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 5, 2012
AB 467: Consideration of certain greenhouse gas emissions in determining requirements applicable to a stationary source of air pollution.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 526: Loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for energy and water improvements to premises and collection of the debt by special charge.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 565: Spending by certain electric and natural gas public utilities on energy efficiency, conservation, and renewable resource programs.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 581: Setback requirements for wind energy systems.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 710: Sales and use tax exemption for energy-efficient products purchased in conjunction with Earth Day.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 737: Energy conservation standards for the construction of certain buildings, energy and environmental design standards for state buildings, structures, and facilities, energy and environmental design standards for school district facilities and other local government buildings, leasing of state buildings, structures, and facilities, standards for the construction and use of graywater systems, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 50: Wind energy system rules.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 98: Requirements for wind energy systems, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 27, 2012
SB 156: Regulation of geothermal well drillers and granting rule-making authority.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 227: Income and franchise tax credits for insulating concrete forms used to construct a building and energy efficient products.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 263: Setback requirements for wind energy systems and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 392: Setback requirements for wind energy systems.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 404: Consideration of certain greenhouse gas emissions in determining requirements applicable to a stationary source of air pollution.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 425: Loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for energy and water improvements to premises and collection of the debt by special charge.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 491: Requirements for wind energy systems, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 548: Revenue limit for energy efficiency projects.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 554: Sales and use tax exemption for energy-efficient products purchased in conjunction with Earth Day.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 182: Assignment of income, prizes, and earnings to pay a municipal court judgment and prohibiting municipal electric or water utilities from collecting certain utility arrearages from owners of rental properties as property liens.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2012
AB 229: Repealing a prohibition on certain nonessential uses of natural gas.
Became law.
Nov 14, 2011
AB 253: The maximum permissible length of vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials on highways.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 309: Dry cask storage of spent fuel from nuclear power plants and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 729: Prohibiting discrimination in employment against an individual for signing or refusing to sign a recall petition.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 58: Liability of public utility customers for unbilled utility service.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 83: Various changes to the eminent domain laws.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 189: The maximum permissible length of vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials on highways.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 216: Dry cask storage of spent fuel from nuclear power plants and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 566: Prohibiting discrimination in employment against an individual for signing or refusing to sign a recall petition.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 89

Apr 28, 2010
AB 30: Employer monitoring of employee electronic mail usage.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 64: Employer monitoring of employee electronic mail usage.
Stopped in committee.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 76: Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish rules allowing living will and health care power of attorney information to be included on driver's licenses, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 120: Providing the public with information on state agency operations expenditures and state agency contracts and grants.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 196: Providing the public with information on state agency and school district operations expenditures and state agency and school district contracts and grants.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 19, 2010
AB 230: Electronic access by law enforcement agencies to photographs on motor vehicle operators licenses and identification cards.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 278: The sale, disposal, collection, and recycling of electronic devices, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Dec 15, 2009
AB 292: Recording and filing documents with the register of deeds.
Became law.
May 13, 2010
AB 314: Pesticide use by railroads, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Became law.

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