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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 408
September 4, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Pfaff
,
Keyeski
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Drake
,
Ratcliff
,
Roys
,
Spreitzer
and
Hesselbein
, cosponsored by Representatives
J. Jacobson
,
Roe
,
Brown
,
Miresse
,
Madison
,
Johnson
,
Stroud
,
Palmeri
,
Joers
and
Bare
. Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue.
SB408,1,2
1
An Act
to create
20.115 (4) (aq) and 93.62 of the statutes;
relating to:
an
2
agricultural purchase program and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to create an agricultural purchase program in which DATCP may provide grants to entities that provide food assistance, including food banks, food pantries, other nonprofit organizations, and local food distributors, for the purpose of purchasing food products that are made or grown in this state. This bill also increases DATCP’s authorized positions by 2.0 FTE GPR positions for support of the agricultural purchase program.
For further information see the state and local 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:
SB408,1
3
Section
1
.
20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
4
insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
-
See PDF for table
SB408,2
5
Section
2
.
20.115 (4) (aq) of the statutes is created to read:
SB408,2,8
6
20.115
(4)
(aq)
Agricultural purchase program.
As a continuing
7
appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the agricultural purchase program
8
under s. 93.62.
SB408,3
9
Section
3
.
93.62 of the statutes is created to read:
SB408,2,14
10
93.62
Agricultural purchase program.
The department shall create an
11
agricultural purchase program under which the department may award grants
12
from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4) (aq) to any of the following entities that
13
provide food assistance for the purpose of purchasing food products that are made
14
or grown in this state:
SB408,2,16
15
(a) Nonprofit food banks, nonprofit food pantries, and other nonprofit
16
organizations.
SB408,2,17
17
(b) Local food distributors.
SB408,4
18
Section
4
. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB408,3,2
19
(
1
)
Authorized FTE positions.
The authorized FTE positions for the
20
department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection are increased by 1.0 GPR
21
position for a program specialist in the agricultural purchase program under s.
22
93.62 and 1.0 GPR position for a grants specialist in the agricultural purchase
1
program under s. 93.62, to be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4)
2
(aq).
SB408,5
3
Section
5
. Effective date.
SB408,3,5
4
(
1
)
This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after
5
publication of the 2025 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
SB408,3,6
6
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