Amendment SA6-SSA2-SB45

2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE

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SENATE AMENDMENT 6, TO SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 2, TO SENATE BILL 45

July 2, 2025 - Offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, L. Johnson, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Wall.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,1,2 1. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,1,3 “Section 1. 13.48 (26m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,1,9 13.48 (26m) Lead service line replacement. The legislature finds and determines that the prevalence of lead service lines in connections to public water systems poses a public health hazard and that processes for reducing lead entering drinking water from such pipes requires additional treatment of wastewater. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist private users of public water systems in replacing lead service lines.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,2 Section 2. 16.035 of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,2,2 16.035 Community climate action grants. (1) The department shall establish and administer a community climate action grant program.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,2,3 (2) The department shall do all of the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,2,6 (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (cm), award grants to local governmental units and governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands in this state to do any of the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,2,7 1. Conduct climate risk assessments and prepare action plans.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,2,8 2. Implement emission-reducing and climate action projects.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,2,11 (b) Assist local governmental units and governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands in this state with the development of climate risk assessment and action plans.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,3 Section 3. 18.08 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,2,18 18.08 (1) (a) (intro.) All moneys resulting from the contracting of public debt or any payment to be received with respect to any agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a) with respect to any such public debt and any moneys transferred under s. 20.370 (5) (hq) or (hr) shall be credited to a separate and distinct fund, established in the state treasury, designated as the capital improvement fund, except that:”.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,2,21 2. At the appropriate place, replace the schedule for s. 20.320 with the schedule from 2025 Senate Bill 45 covering the environmental improvement program.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,2,23 3. At the appropriate place, replace the schedule for s. 20.370 with the schedule from 2025 Senate Bill 45 covering the department of natural resources.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,3,1 4. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,3,15 “Section 4. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:

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SB45-SSA2-SA6,5 Section 5. 20.320 (2) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,3,19 20.320 (2) (a) Lead service line replacement. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for lead service line replacement loans under s. 281.61 (8) (b).

SB45-SSA2-SA6,6 Section 6. 20.370 (1) (es) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,4,2 20.370 (1) (es) Parks and forests — interpretive programs. All moneys received from fees authorized under s. 27.01 (9) (a) 4. for educational and interpretive programs in state parks or state forests to be used for costs associated with those programs.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,7 Section 7. 20.370 (1) (fe) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,4,13 20.370 (1) (fe) Endangered resources — general fund. From the general fund, a sum sufficient in fiscal year 1993-94 and in each fiscal year thereafter that equals the sum of the amount certified in that fiscal year under s. 71.10 (5) (h) 3. for the previous fiscal year and the amounts received under par. (fu) in that fiscal year for the purposes of the endangered resources program, as defined in s. 71.10 (5) (a) 2. The amount appropriated under this subdivision may not exceed $500,000 $950,000 in a fiscal year, except that the amount appropriated under this subdivision in fiscal year 2005-06 may not exceed $364,000 and the amount appropriated under this subdivision in fiscal year 2006-07 may not exceed $364,000.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,8 Section 8. 20.370 (1) (ga) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,4,18 20.370 (1) (ga) Kenosha Dunes restoration. As a continuing appropriation from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for erosion control projects in the Kenosha Dunes unit of the Chiwaukee Prairie state natural area in Kenosha County.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,9 Section 9. 20.370 (1) (kf) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,5,2 20.370 (1) (kf) Wild rice stewardship in ceded territory waters. From the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for wild rice stewardship efforts conducted, in consultation with federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands domiciled in this state, within the waters of areas where the American Indian tribes or bands hold treaty-based rights to harvest wild rice. Of the amounts in the schedule for each fiscal year, not less than $50,000 shall be allocated for public education and outreach pertaining to wild rice harvesting.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,10 Section 10. 20.370 (1) (mr) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,5,6 20.370 (1) (mr) General program operations - forestry funds. From the moneys received by the department for forestry activities, the amounts in the schedule for the operation of fish, wildlife, and parks programs.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,11 Section 11. 20.370 (1) (mu) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,5,16 20.370 (1) (mu) General program operations — state funds. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations that are conducted under ss. 23.09 to 23.11, 27.01, 30.203, 30.277, and 90.21, and chs. 29 and 169, for activities conducted under the ecological inventory and monitoring program of the endangered resources program, for the aquatic and terrestrial resources inventory under s. 23.09 (2) (km), and for providing the signage required under s. 23.118, and for payments of $53,700 in each fiscal year, to be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.285 (1) (k), to the University of Wisconsin System for outdoor skills training under s. 29.598.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,12 Section 12. 20.370 (2) (cr) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,5,21 20.370 (2) (cr) Forestry — recording fees. From the conservation fund, all moneys received under ss. 77.82 (2m) (d) and (4) and 77.88 (1) (c), (2) (ac) 1., 2., and 3., (am), and (c), (3), (3j) (c), and (3m) for the payment of fees to the registers of deeds under s. 77.91 (5).

SB45-SSA2-SA6,13 Section 13. 20.370 (2) (jq) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,6,2 20.370 (2) (jq) Forestry-industry-wide strategic plan. From the conservation fund, from the moneys received for forestry activities, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the forestry-industry-wide strategic plan and road map under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9132 (4).

SB45-SSA2-SA6,14 Section 14. 20.370 (3) (mu) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,6,8 20.370 (3) (mu) General program operations — state funds. The amounts in the schedule for law enforcement operations under ss. 23.09 to 23.11, 90.21, and 323.12 (2) (c) and chs. 29, 30, and 169, and for payments of $53,700 in each fiscal year, to be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.285 (1) (k), to the University of Wisconsin System for outdoor skills training under s. 29.598.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,15 Section 15. 20.370 (4) (aa) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,6,13 20.370 (4) (aa) Kewaunee Marsh remediation. As a continuing appropriation from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for development of a remedial action plan and for the remediation of arsenic contamination in the Kewaunee Marsh in Kewaunee County.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,16 Section 16. 20.370 (4) (aj) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,6,21 20.370 (4) (aj) Water resources—ballast water discharge permits commercial vessel arrival fees. From the general fund, all moneys received from fees collected under s. 283.35 (1m) to administer and enforce the ballast water discharge permit program under s. 283.35 (1m) and for grants under 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, section 9137 (3w) s. 299.65 for management, administration, inspection, monitoring, and enforcement activities relating to incidental discharges, including ballast water discharges.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,17 Section 17. 20.370 (4) (at) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,7,2 20.370 (4) (at) Amcast superfund site. From the environmental fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for remedial action relating to the Amcast superfund site in Cedarburg.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,18 Section 18. 20.370 (4) (kb) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,7,5 20.370 (4) (kb) Lake Altoona dredging. As a continuing appropriation, from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for the dredging of Lake Altoona.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,19 Section 19. 20.370 (4) (kc) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,7,9 20.370 (4) (kc) Red Cedar River watershed targeted runoff management. As a continuing appropriation, from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for a targeted runoff management grant program for the Red Cedar River watershed.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,20 Section 20. 20.370 (4) (pf) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,7,14 20.370 (4) (pf) General program operations — PFAS; general fund. As a continuing appropriation, from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for addressing and preventing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in this state.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,21 Section 21. 20.370 (4) (pq) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,7,19 20.370 (4) (pq) General program operations — PFAS innocent landowner remediation. As a continuing appropriation, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for actions taken under s. 292.31 to address and prevent perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in this state.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,22 Section 22. 20.370 (5) (aa) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,7,24 20.370 (5) (aa) Resource aids — nonprofit conservation organizations. From the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for grants to nonprofit conservation organizations under ss. 23.0955, 23.0956, 281.69 (1r), and 281.72 and for grants under 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9132 (1).

SB45-SSA2-SA6,23 Section 23. 20.370 (5) (fu) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,8,3 20.370 (5) (fu) Deer carcass disposal sites. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to provide financial assistance under s. 29.063 (7).

SB45-SSA2-SA6,24 Section 24. 20.370 (5) (fy) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,8,8 20.370 (5) (fy) Resource aids — wildfire suppression reimbursement. From the moneys received by the department for forestry activities, a sum sufficient to reimburse local fire departments under the fire suppression aids program under s. 26.145.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,25 Section 25. 20.370 (5) (ha) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,8,12 20.370 (5) (ha) Grants to nonprofit conservation organizations. As a continuing appropriation, from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for grants to nonprofit conservation organizations under s. 23.0961.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,26 Section 26. 20.370 (5) (hb) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,8,16 20.370 (5) (hb) Tribal co-management program. As a continuing appropriation, from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for the tribal co- management program under s. 23.0966.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,27 Section 27. 20.370 (5) (hq) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,8,21 20.370 (5) (hq) Department land acquisition. From As a continuing appropriation, from the moneys received by the department for forestry activities, the amounts in the schedule for transfer to the capital improvement fund the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d).

SB45-SSA2-SA6,28 Section 28. 20.370 (5) (hr) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,9,2 20.370 (5) (hr) County forest grants. From As a continuing appropriation, from the moneys received by the department for forestry activities, the amounts in the schedule for transfer to the capital improvement fund grants to counties under s. 23.0953.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,29 Section 29. 20.370 (6) (aa) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,9,6 20.370 (6) (aa) Environmental aids – winter road safety improvement. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants under the winter road safety improvement grants program under s. 281.73.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,30 Section 30. 20.370 (6) (et) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45-SSA2-SA6,9,10 20.370 (6) (et) Environmental aids — Revitalize Wisconsin program. Biennially, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for aid awards under s. 292.66.

SB45-SSA2-SA6,31 Section 31. 20.370 (6) (eu) of the statutes is created to read: