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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 551
October 15, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
J. Jacobson
,
Brown
,
Palmeri
,
Roe
,
Joers
,
Goodwin
,
Emerson
,
Clancy
,
Madison
,
Phelps
,
Stubbs
,
Stroud
,
Udell
,
Miresse
,
Johnson
and
DeSmidt
, cosponsored by Senators
Smith
,
Ratcliff
,
Roys
,
Spreitzer
,
Larson
,
Habush Sinykin
,
Hesselbein
,
Wirch
and
Pfaff
. Referred to Committee on Sporting Heritage.
AB551,1,2
1
An Act
to amend
20.370 (1) (mu);
to create
29.063 (7) of the statutes;
relating
2
to:
chronic wasting disease sampling and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law allows the Department of Natural Resources to manage and provide funding to conduct testing for chronic wasting disease in cervids, which are any species of deer or elk that are present in the wild and are not farm-raised deer. Currently, DNR administers a program under which it provides chronic wasting disease sampling stations, including self-service kiosks, where hunters may drop off deer carcass parts for sampling. This bill codifies this program by requiring DNR to establish and administer it and provides $1,000,000 in the 2025-27 fiscal biennium for the program. The bill allows DNR to contract with private entities to conduct the sampling and to pay private entities per sample taken.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB551,1
3
Section
1
.
20.370 (1) (mu) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB551,2,10
1
20.370
(1)
(mu)
General program operations — state funds.
The amounts in
2
the schedule for general program operations that are conducted under ss. 23.09 to
3
23.11, 27.01, 30.203, 30.277, and 90.21, and chs. 29 and 169, for activities conducted
4
under the ecological inventory and monitoring program of the endangered
5
resources program, for the aquatic and terrestrial resources inventory under s.
6
23.09 (2) (km), for providing the signage required under s. 23.118,
for the chronic
7
wasting disease sampling station program under s. 29.063 (7),
and for payments of
8
$53,700 in each fiscal year, to be credited to the appropriation account under s.
9
20.285 (1) (k), to the University of Wisconsin System for outdoor skills training
10
under s. 29.598.
AB551,2
11
Section
2
.
29.063 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB551,2,17
12
29.063
(7)
The department shall establish and administer a program under
13
which it provides, at locations determined by the department, chronic wasting
14
disease sampling stations, including self-service kiosks, where hunters may drop off
15
deer carcass parts for chronic wasting disease sampling. The department may
16
contract with private entities to conduct the sampling and may pay private entities
17
per sample taken.
AB551,3
18
Section
3
. Fiscal changes.
AB551,3,3
19
(
1
)
Chronic wasting disease sampling stations.
In the schedule under s.
20
20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of natural resources under s.
21
20.370 (1) (mu), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased by $500,000
22
for the chronic wasting disease sampling station program under s. 29.063 (7). In
23
the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of natural
1
resources under s. 20.370 (1) (mu), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is
2
increased by $500,000 for the chronic wasting disease sampling station program
3
under s. 29.063 (7).
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