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SB772 • 2025

Groundwater Coordinating Council activities funding and making an appropriation

Groundwater Coordinating Council activities funding and making an appropriation

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Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Senators Habush Sinykin, Smith, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys and Wirch, cosponsored by Representatives Miresse, Palmeri, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, DeSmidt, Emerson, Hysell, Joers, Roe, Sinicki, Stroud, Subeck, Tenorio and Vining
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
S - Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs
Effective date
Not listed

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Groundwater Coordinating Council activities funding and making an appropriation

Groundwater Coordinating Council activities funding and making an appropriation Status: S - Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

What This Bill Does

  • Groundwater Coordinating Council activities funding and making an appropriation 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. 2026-01-13 Sen.

    Fiscal estimate received

  3. 2026-01-05 Sen.

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. 2025-12-15 Sen.

    Representative Madison added as a cosponsor

  5. 2025-12-12 Sen.

    Introduced by Senators Habush Sinykin , Smith , Carpenter , Dassler-Alfheim , Hesselbein , L. Johnson , Larson , Ratcliff , Roys and Wirch ; cosponsored by Representatives Miresse , Palmeri , Anderson , Andraca , Arney , Bare , DeSmidt , Emerson , Hysell , Joers , Roe , Sinicki , Stroud , Subeck , Tenorio and Vining

  6. 2025-12-12 Sen.

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

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Groundwater Coordinating Council activities funding and making an appropriation
Status: S - Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 772
December 12, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Habush Sinykin
,
Smith
,
Carpenter
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Hesselbein
,
L. Johnson
,
Larson
,
Ratcliff
,
Roys
and
Wirch
, cosponsored by Representatives
Miresse
,
Palmeri
,
Anderson
,
Andraca
,
Arney
,
Bare
,
DeSmidt
,
Emerson
,
Hysell
,
Joers
,
Roe
,
Sinicki
,
Stroud
,
Subeck
,
Tenorio
and
Vining
. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs.
SB772,1,2
1
An Act

to create
20.370 (4) (cf) of the statutes;
relating to:
Groundwater
2
Coordinating Council activities funding and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Groundwater Coordinating Council is attached to the Department of Natural Resources and advises and assists state agencies in the coordination of nonregulatory programs and the exchange of information related to groundwater. The council is made up of several members, including the DNR secretary and the president of the University of Wisconsin System.
This bill appropriates $500,000 annually to both DNR and the Board of Regents of the UW System for their respective activities related to the Groundwater Coordinating Council.
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:
SB772,1
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

SB772,2
5
Section

2
.
20.370 (4) (cf) of the statutes is created to read:
SB772,2,9
6
20.370
(4)
(cf)
Groundwater coordinating council.
As a continuing
7
appropriation from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for activities of
8
the department related to the groundwater coordinating council under ss. 15.347
9
(13) and 160.50.
SB772,3
10
Section

3
. Fiscal changes.
SB772,2,16
11
(
1
)
Groundwater Coordinating Council.
In the schedule under s. 20.005
12
(3) for the appropriation to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin
13
System under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-26 is increased
14
by $500,000 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $500,000
15
for activities of the University of Wisconsin System related to the groundwater
16
coordinating council under ss. 15.347 (13) and 160.50.
SB772,2,17
17
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