Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 6 R · 2 D cosponsors

AB 605 — Relating to: retention of environmental repair fees by certain municipal solid waste facilities. (FE)

Last action — Published 4-3-2026

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    Introduced
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced October 29, 2025. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

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Likely to advance 90% · high confidence

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Moderate

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  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 9 sponsors

    1 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (6 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

An Act to renumber and amend 289.67 (1) (b); to create 289.67 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes;

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill allows municipal solid waste facilities that receive Clean Water Fund Program loans to retain certain environmental repair fees during loan repayment.

  • Wis. Stat. § 289.67 (1) (b)

    The owner or operator of a licensed solid or hazardous waste disposal facility shall collect the environmental repair fee from the generator, a person who arranges for disposal on behalf of one or more generators or an intermediate hauler and shall pay to the department the amount of the fees required to be collected according to the amount of solid or hazardous waste received and disposed of at the facility during the preceding reporting period. → The owner or operator of a licensed solid or hazardous waste disposal facility shall collect the environmental repair fee from the generator, a person who arranges for disposal on behalf of one or more generators or an intermediate hauler and shall pay to the department the amount of the fees required to be collected according to the amount of solid or hazardous waste received and disposed of at the facility during the preceding reporting period.

    This change renumbers the existing subsection to accommodate the addition of a new provision regarding fee retention.

  • Wis. Stat. § 289.67 (1) (b) 2.

    If the owner or operator of a municipal solid waste facility receives a loan under the clean water fund program under s. 281.58 for waste water treatment infrastructure, the owner or operator of the municipal solid waste facility may retain, of the amounts collected under subd. 1., an amount equal to the total principal and interest owed on the loan while the loan is in repayment.

    This new provision allows municipal solid waste facilities to retain environmental repair fees to cover loan repayments if they have received funds through the Clean Water Fund Program.

Action History

  1. Published 4-3-2026

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 169

  3. Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 2-13-2026

  5. Received from Senate concurred in

  6. Ordered immediately messaged

  7. Read a third time and concurred in

  8. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  9. Ordered to a third reading

  10. Read a second time

  11. Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  13. Available for scheduling

  14. Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  15. Executive action taken

  16. Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  17. Fiscal estimate received

  18. Available for scheduling

  19. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  20. Received from Assembly

  21. Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Read a third time and passed

  23. Rules suspended

  24. Ordered to a third reading

  25. Read a second time

  26. Placed on calendar 1-22-2026 by Committee on Rules

  27. Referred to committee on Rules

  28. Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  29. Executive action taken

  30. Public hearing held

  31. Fiscal estimate received

  32. Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  33. Introduced by Representatives B. Jacobson, Miresse, Behnke, Knodl, O'Connor, Penterman, Tittl and Brown; cosponsored by Senator Tomczyk

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 123 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (123)

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 605 do?
An Act to renumber and amend 289.67 (1) (b); to create 289.67 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 605?
AB 605 is sponsored by Tomczyk, Jacobson, Brent (Republican), Miresse, Vincent (Democrat), Behnke, Elijah (Republican), Knodl, Daniel (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), Penterman, William (Republican), Tittl, Paul (Republican), and Brown, Brienne (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 605?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced October 29, 2025. It awaits signature.
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