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SB298 • 2025

ban on the use of certain insecticides by the Department of Natural Resources

ban on the use of certain insecticides by the Department of Natural Resources

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Senators Pfaff, Habush Sinykin, Carpenter, Drake, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall, Wirch and Dassler-Alfheim, cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Behnke, DeSanto, Miresse, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Billings, Clancy, Cruz, DeSmidt, Doyle, Fitzgerald, Joers, Johnson, Madison, Mayadev, Moore Omokunde, Palmeri, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Vining, Andraca and Udell
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
S - Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs
Effective date
Not listed

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ban on the use of certain insecticides by the Department of Natural Resources

ban on the use of certain insecticides by the Department of Natural Resources Status: S - Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

What This Bill Does

  • ban on the use of certain insecticides by the Department of Natural Resources Status: S - Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Sen.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2025-06-12 Sen.

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  3. 2025-05-30 Sen.

    Introduced by Senators Pfaff , Habush Sinykin , Carpenter , Drake , Hesselbein , Keyeski , Larson , Ratcliff , Roys , Smith , Spreitzer , Wall , Wirch and Dassler-Alfheim ; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass , Behnke , DeSanto , Miresse , Anderson , Arney , Bare , Billings , Clancy , Cruz , DeSmidt , Doyle , Fitzgerald , Joers , Johnson , Madison , Mayadev , Moore Omokunde , Palmeri , Rivera-Wagner , Roe , Sinicki , Stubbs , Subeck , Tenorio , Vining , Andraca and Udell

  4. 2025-05-30 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

Official Summary Text

ban on the use of certain insecticides by the Department of Natural Resources
Status: S - Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 298
May 30, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Pfaff
,
Habush Sinykin
,
Carpenter
,
Drake
,
Hesselbein
,
Keyeski
,
Larson
,
Ratcliff
,
Roys
,
Smith
,
Spreitzer
,
Wall
,
Wirch
and
Dassler-Alfheim
, cosponsored by Representatives
Snodgrass
,
Behnke
,
DeSanto
,
Miresse
,
Anderson
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
Billings
,
Clancy
,
Cruz
,
DeSmidt
,
Doyle
,
Fitzgerald
,
Joers
,
Johnson
,
Madison
,
Mayadev
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Palmeri
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Roe
,
Sinicki
,
Stubbs
,
Subeck
,
Tenorio
,
Vining
,
Andraca
and
Udell
. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs.
SB298,1,2
1
An Act

to create
29.601 (4m) of the statutes;
relating to:
ban on the use of
2
certain insecticides by the Department of Natural Resources.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits, with limited exceptions, the Department of Natural Resources from using any insecticide from the neonicotinoid class on land maintained by DNR. Under the bill, this prohibition does not apply to uses of this insecticide that are 1) pursuant to existing cooperative farming agreements or contracts or 2) for forest insect control on forested lands, state forest nurseries, or seed orchards or in designated zones of infestation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB298,1
3
Section
1
.
29.601 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB298,1,6
4
29.601
(4m)

Use of insecticides.
(a) The department may not use any
5
insecticide from the neonicotinoid class on land that is acquired and maintained by
6
the department as provided under s. 23.09 (2) (d).
SB298,2,4
1
(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to insecticides from the neonicotinoid class
2
that are used pursuant to a cooperative farming agreement or contract that the
3
department entered into prior to the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB
4
inserts date].
SB298,2,7
5
(c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to insecticides from the neonicotinoid class
6
that are used for forest insect control on forested lands, state forest nurseries, or
7
seed orchards or in designated zones of infestation as provided under s. 26.30 (7) (a).
SB298,2,8
8
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