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the offering of deer to a meat processing facility for provision to a food pantry

the offering of deer to a meat processing facility for provision to a food pantry

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

Sponsor
Senator Jacque, cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Behnke, Brill, Knodl, Mursau, Penterman, Steffen, Wichgers and Novak
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
S - Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage
Effective date
Not listed

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the offering of deer to a meat processing facility for provision to a food pantry

the offering of deer to a meat processing facility for provision to a food pantry Status: S - Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage

What This Bill Does

  • the offering of deer to a meat processing facility for provision to a food pantry Status: S - Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Sen.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-02-20 Sen.

    Representative Sheehan added as a cosponsor

  3. 2025-12-22 Sen.

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque

  4. 2025-12-09 Sen.

    Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor

  5. 2025-11-20 Sen.

    Introduced by Senator Jacque ; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens , Behnke , Brill , Knodl , Mursau , Penterman , Steffen , Wichgers and Novak

  6. 2025-11-20 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage

Official Summary Text

the offering of deer to a meat processing facility for provision to a food pantry
Status: S - Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 680
November 20, 2025 - Introduced by Senator
Jacque
, cosponsored by Representatives
Kitchens
,
Behnke
,
Brill
,
Knodl
,
Mursau
,
Penterman
,
Steffen
,
Wichgers
and
Novak
. Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage.
SB680,1,2
1
An Act

to create
29.539 (1m) (n) of the statutes;
relating to:
the offering of
2
deer to a meat processing facility for provision to a food pantry.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill exempts certain deer from a prohibition on selling, purchasing, bartering, or trading wild animals. Specifically, a deer is exempt from this prohibition if it is lawfully taken in the central farmland zone and it is offered, in exchange for one or more gift cards or gift certificates to local businesses, to a meat processing facility that agrees to process the deer and that agrees to provide the processed meat to a food distribution service, defined in current law as a program of a private nonprofit organization that provides food products directly to individuals with low incomes or that collects food products for that purpose.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB680,1
3
Section

1
.
29.539 (1m) (n) of the statutes is created to read:
SB680,1,4
4
29.539
(1m)
(n) A deer to which all of the following apply:
SB680,2,2
1
1. It is lawfully taken in the central farmland zone, as shown in s. NR 10.28
2
(4), Wis. Adm. Code.
SB680,2,6
3
2. It is offered, in exchange for one or more gift cards or gift certificates to local
4
businesses, to a meat processing facility that agrees to process the deer and that
5
agrees to provide the processed meat to a food distribution service, as defined in s.
6
895.51 (1) (c).
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