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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 891
January 27, 2026 - Introduced by Senator
Tomczyk
, cosponsored by Representatives
Mursau
,
Tittl
,
Behnke
,
Green
and
O'Connor
. Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage.
SB891,1,3
1
An Act
to amend
29.753 (intro.) and 29.753 (3);
to create
95.23 (5) and 95.55
2
(6) (c) of the statutes;
relating to:
prohibiting the quarantine of certain
3
animals based on exposure to chronic wasting disease.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has the authority to quarantine farmed animals if it suspects an animal is infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD).
This bill prohibits DATCP from ordering the quarantine of an animal that belongs to a species that is known to neither carry nor be susceptible to CWD, including deer belonging to the species
Dama dama,
based solely on an incident of the animal having been exposed to CWD. Deer in the
Dama dama
species are commonly referred to as “fallow” deer.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB891,1
4
Section
1
.
29.753 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB891,2,3
5
29.753
Importation of wild elk.
(intro.) Notwithstanding ss. 95.20 and
1
95.55 (6)
(a) and (b)
and rules promulgated under those provisions, the department
2
may import and move elk and introduce the elk into Ashland, Bayfield, Jackson,
3
Price, or Sawyer county if all of the following apply:
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4
Section
2
.
29.753 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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5
29.753
(3)
The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection
6
determines that the applicable requirements related to chronic wasting disease
7
under ss. 95.20 and 95.55 (6)
(a) and (b)
are met to the fullest extent possible and
8
practical with wild and free-roaming elk.
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9
Section
3
.
95.23 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
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10
95.23
(5)
The department may not effect the quarantine of an animal that
11
belongs to a species that is known to neither carry nor be susceptible to chronic
12
wasting disease based solely on an incident of the animal having been exposed to
13
chronic wasting disease.
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14
Section
4
.
95.55 (6) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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15
95.55
(6)
(c) Notwithstanding pars. (a) and (b) 1., the department may not
16
effect the quarantine of a farm-raised deer belonging to the species Dama dama
17
based solely on an incident of the farm-raised deer having been exposed to chronic
18
wasting disease.
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