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2023 Assembly Committee on Environment


Committee Clerk

Mathew Jansen

Legislative Council Staff

Rachel Letzing

Ethan Lauer

Hearing Notices

Items In Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • AB44
    Relating to: the responsibility of a property owner for discharge of a hazardous substance by another.
    Representative Mursau
    Senator Jacque
    A-Environment
  • AB254
    Relating to: a wetland assured delineation program, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative Mursau
    Senator Cowles
    A-Environment
  • AB361
    Relating to: native prairie and forage plants.
    Representative Snodgrass
    Senator Smith
    A-Environment
  • AB796
    Relating to: report on environmental impacts to vulnerable communities and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative Stubbs
    Senator Taylor
    A-Environment
  • AB810
    Relating to: creating the Wisconsin Climate Corps program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
    Representative Neubauer
    Senator Larson
    A-Environment
  • AB819
    Relating to: grants for planting trees to address urban heat islands, eligible recipients for urban forestry grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation.
    Representative Drake
    Senator Taylor
    A-Environment
  • AB828
    Relating to: creating a Mississippi River erosion control revolving loan program, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
    Representative Billings
    Senator Smith
    A-Environment
  • AB835
    Relating to: county conservation staff for climate change resiliency purposes and making an appropriation.
    Representative Doyle
    Senator Smith
    A-Environment
  • AB935
    Relating to: funding for education on solid waste reduction, recovery, and recycling and making an appropriation.
    Representative Novak
    Senator James
    A-Environment
  • AB1055
    Relating to: repealing the dry cleaner environmental response program and creating the revitalize Wisconsin program.
    Representative Madison
    Senator Taylor
    A-Environment
  • AB1059
    Relating to: eliminating the green tier program and the environmental compliance audit program and restricting governmental actions with regard to certain international programs and organizations.
    Representative Bodden

    A-Environment
  • AB1119
    Relating to: creating an exemption to certain requirements for rules promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources Relating to groundwater protection standards for PFAS.
    Representative Billings
    Senator Pfaff
    A-Environment
  • AB1122
    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.
    Representative Novak
    Senator Spreitzer
    A-Environment
  • AB1173
    Relating to: proposed rules Relating to the development of numerical groundwater quality standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources.
    Representative Mursau
    Senator Cowles
    A-Environment
  • AB1190
    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.
    Representative McGuire

    A-Environment
  • AB1194
    Relating to: banning products containing intentionally added PFAS and providing a penalty.
    Representative Palmeri
    Senator Pfaff
    A-Environment
  • AB1205
    Relating to: requiring battery producers to administer battery collection and recycling programs, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
    Representative Considine

    A-Environment

Items Out of Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • AB10
    Relating to: eliminating the land recycling loan program.
    Representative Penterman
    Senator Cowles
    A-Rules
  • AB65
    Relating to: eligibility for producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants.
    Representative Kitchens
    Senator Cowles
    A-Enacted into Law
  • AB157
    Relating to: Department of Natural Resources habitat work plan.
    Representative Moses
    Senator Quinn
    A-Tabled
  • AB171
    Relating to: eligibility for local wildlife control grants.
    Representative Tusler
    Senator Cowles
    A-Tabled
  • AB220
    Relating to: funding for the Fenwood Creek watershed pilot project.
    Representative Rozar
    Senator James
    A-Rules
  • AB253
    Relating to: public access to wetlands benefitting from the in lieu fee subprogram.
    Representative Mursau
    Senator Cowles
    A-Tabled
  • AB312
    Relating to: programs and requirements to address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
    Representative Mursau
    Senator Wimberger
    A-Tabled
  • AB318
    Relating to: aquatic plant management plans and permit exemptions.
    Representative Dallman
    Senator Feyen
    A-Tabled
  • AB331
    Relating to: grants to map, control, eradicate, monitor, and minimize the spread of wild parsnip; funding for the Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.
    Representative Krug
    Senator Testin
    A-Rules
  • AB339
    Relating to: restrictions on use of certain refrigerants.
    Representative Snyder
    Senator Tomczyk
    A-Tabled
  • AB446
    Relating to: designating the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly.
    Representative Tittl
    Senator Cabral-Guevara
    A-Rules
  • AB579
    Relating to: use of fill in commercial waterways and Great Lakes waters.
    Representative Wittke
    Senator Stroebel
    S-Natural Resources and Energy
  • AB798
    Relating to: petroleum products, storage of dangerous substances, and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative Summerfield
    Senator James
    S-Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs
  • AB958
    Relating to: changes to the electronic waste recycling program and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative Mursau
    Senator Cowles
    A-Tabled
  • AB987
    Relating to: education about rechargeable batteries and providing grants for collecting and recycling rechargeable batteries.
    Representative Kitchens
    Senator Tomczyk
    A-Rules
  • CR23-017
    Relating to nitrogen compound emissions regulations.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR23-049
    Relating to statewide water supply service area planning for municipalities serving populations greater than 10,000 people.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR23-050
    Relating to the management of diversions (transfers of water from the Great Lakes basin to outside of the Great Lakes basin) and intrabasin transfers including the application and review process and other related criteria.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR23-002
    Relating to disposal of material dredged from the Great Lakes.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR23-004
    Relating to the use of new cement formulations for the construction of water wells and affecting small business.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-096
    Relating to petroleum product inspections, and affecting small businesses.
    Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-013
    Relating to administrative processes and fees for waterway and wetland permitting and affecting small business minimally through an updated fee structure.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-045
    Relating to the Clean Water Fund Program.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-045
    Relating to the Clean Water Fund Program.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-061
    Relating to setting numerical standards to minimize the concentration of polluting substances in groundwater (Cycle 10 Bacteria).
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-068
    Relating to the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program and affecting small business.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-068
    Relating to the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program and affecting small business.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-074
    Relating to updating, correcting and clarifying existing code requirements and adding requirements for new technologies related to community drinking water system sources, source water quality, storage, treatment, and distribution and affecting small business.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-079
    Relating to financial management of the Environmental Improvement Fund.
    Administration
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-082
    Relating to site-specific phosphorus criteria for Lac Courte Oreilles.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete

Items In Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • AB44
    Relating to: the responsibility of a property owner for discharge of a hazardous substance by another.
    Representative Mursau
    Senator Jacque
    A-Environment
  • AB254
    Relating to: a wetland assured delineation program, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative Mursau
    Senator Cowles
    A-Environment
  • AB361
    Relating to: native prairie and forage plants.
    Representative Snodgrass
    Senator Smith
    A-Environment
  • AB796
    Relating to: report on environmental impacts to vulnerable communities and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative Stubbs
    Senator Taylor
    A-Environment
  • AB810
    Relating to: creating the Wisconsin Climate Corps program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
    Representative Neubauer
    Senator Larson
    A-Environment
  • AB819
    Relating to: grants for planting trees to address urban heat islands, eligible recipients for urban forestry grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation.
    Representative Drake
    Senator Taylor
    A-Environment
  • AB828
    Relating to: creating a Mississippi River erosion control revolving loan program, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
    Representative Billings
    Senator Smith
    A-Environment
  • AB835
    Relating to: county conservation staff for climate change resiliency purposes and making an appropriation.
    Representative Doyle
    Senator Smith
    A-Environment
  • AB935
    Relating to: funding for education on solid waste reduction, recovery, and recycling and making an appropriation.
    Representative Novak
    Senator James
    A-Environment
  • AB1055
    Relating to: repealing the dry cleaner environmental response program and creating the revitalize Wisconsin program.
    Representative Madison
    Senator Taylor
    A-Environment
  • AB1059
    Relating to: eliminating the green tier program and the environmental compliance audit program and restricting governmental actions with regard to certain international programs and organizations.
    Representative Bodden

    A-Environment
  • AB1119
    Relating to: creating an exemption to certain requirements for rules promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources Relating to groundwater protection standards for PFAS.
    Representative Billings
    Senator Pfaff
    A-Environment
  • AB1122
    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.
    Representative Novak
    Senator Spreitzer
    A-Environment
  • AB1173
    Relating to: proposed rules Relating to the development of numerical groundwater quality standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources.
    Representative Mursau
    Senator Cowles
    A-Environment
  • AB1190
    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.
    Representative McGuire

    A-Environment
  • AB1194
    Relating to: banning products containing intentionally added PFAS and providing a penalty.
    Representative Palmeri
    Senator Pfaff
    A-Environment
  • AB1205
    Relating to: requiring battery producers to administer battery collection and recycling programs, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
    Representative Considine

    A-Environment

Items Out of Committee

Item
Description
Main Author(s) and Status
  • AB10
    Relating to: eliminating the land recycling loan program.
    Representative Penterman
    Senator Cowles
    A-Rules
  • AB65
    Relating to: eligibility for producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants.
    Representative Kitchens
    Senator Cowles
    A-Enacted into Law
  • AB157
    Relating to: Department of Natural Resources habitat work plan.
    Representative Moses
    Senator Quinn
    A-Tabled
  • AB171
    Relating to: eligibility for local wildlife control grants.
    Representative Tusler
    Senator Cowles
    A-Tabled
  • AB220
    Relating to: funding for the Fenwood Creek watershed pilot project.
    Representative Rozar
    Senator James
    A-Rules
  • AB253
    Relating to: public access to wetlands benefitting from the in lieu fee subprogram.
    Representative Mursau
    Senator Cowles
    A-Tabled
  • AB312
    Relating to: programs and requirements to address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
    Representative Mursau
    Senator Wimberger
    A-Tabled
  • AB318
    Relating to: aquatic plant management plans and permit exemptions.
    Representative Dallman
    Senator Feyen
    A-Tabled
  • AB331
    Relating to: grants to map, control, eradicate, monitor, and minimize the spread of wild parsnip; funding for the Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.
    Representative Krug
    Senator Testin
    A-Rules
  • AB339
    Relating to: restrictions on use of certain refrigerants.
    Representative Snyder
    Senator Tomczyk
    A-Tabled
  • AB446
    Relating to: designating the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly.
    Representative Tittl
    Senator Cabral-Guevara
    A-Rules
  • AB579
    Relating to: use of fill in commercial waterways and Great Lakes waters.
    Representative Wittke
    Senator Stroebel
    S-Natural Resources and Energy
  • AB798
    Relating to: petroleum products, storage of dangerous substances, and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative Summerfield
    Senator James
    S-Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs
  • AB958
    Relating to: changes to the electronic waste recycling program and granting rule-making authority.
    Representative Mursau
    Senator Cowles
    A-Tabled
  • AB987
    Relating to: education about rechargeable batteries and providing grants for collecting and recycling rechargeable batteries.
    Representative Kitchens
    Senator Tomczyk
    A-Rules
  • CR23-017
    Relating to nitrogen compound emissions regulations.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR23-049
    Relating to statewide water supply service area planning for municipalities serving populations greater than 10,000 people.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR23-050
    Relating to the management of diversions (transfers of water from the Great Lakes basin to outside of the Great Lakes basin) and intrabasin transfers including the application and review process and other related criteria.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR23-002
    Relating to disposal of material dredged from the Great Lakes.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR23-004
    Relating to the use of new cement formulations for the construction of water wells and affecting small business.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR21-096
    Relating to petroleum product inspections, and affecting small businesses.
    Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-013
    Relating to administrative processes and fees for waterway and wetland permitting and affecting small business minimally through an updated fee structure.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-045
    Relating to the Clean Water Fund Program.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-045
    Relating to the Clean Water Fund Program.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-061
    Relating to setting numerical standards to minimize the concentration of polluting substances in groundwater (Cycle 10 Bacteria).
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-068
    Relating to the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program and affecting small business.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-068
    Relating to the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program and affecting small business.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-074
    Relating to updating, correcting and clarifying existing code requirements and adding requirements for new technologies related to community drinking water system sources, source water quality, storage, treatment, and distribution and affecting small business.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-079
    Relating to financial management of the Environmental Improvement Fund.
    Administration
    A-Committee Action Complete
  • CR22-082
    Relating to site-specific phosphorus criteria for Lac Courte Oreilles.
    Natural Resources
    A-Committee Action Complete