Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 R cosponsors

AB 911 — Relating to: funding for a battery collection and recycling program and making an appropriation. (FE)

Last action — Published 4-3-2026

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 26, 2026. It awaits signature.

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Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 66% · moderate confidence

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

An Act to create 20.370 (4) (ht) of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

22 added · 24 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the revised version of Assembly Bill 911, the text was simplified to state that the funding for battery collection and recycling programs will solely depend on fees from battery stewardship organizations. An important addition is that if related bills (Assembly Bill 713 or Senate Bill 702) do not pass, then this bill will become void. This change clarifies how the funding will work and emphasizes the need for the related legislation to be enacted for this bill to have any practical effect. Overall, it highlights the interdependence of these legislative efforts and their significance in promoting recycling initiatives.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBs0478/1 ZDW:skw&cdc ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 2, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 911 February 18, 2026 - Offered by RepresentatITCHENS.
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-6103/1 ZDW:cdc ASSEMBLY BILL 911 January 26, 2026 - Introduced by Representative K ITCHENS , cosponsored by Senator TOMCZYK .
Referred to Committee on Environment.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill appropriates to the Department of Natural Resources all moneys received by DNR as fees from battery stewardship organizations, as required in a separate bill.
If that bill is not enacted into law, this bill is void.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
S ECTION 1.
SECTION 1.
20.370 (4) (ht) Battery collection and recycling programs.From the environmental fund, all moneys received under s.
20.370 (4) (ht) Battery collection and recycling programs.
From the environmental fund, all moneys received under s.
S ECTION 2.
SECTION 2.
(1) If neither Assembly Bill 713 nor Senate Bill 702 are enacted in the 2025-26 legislative session, then this act is void.
- 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-6103/1 ZDW:cdc ASSEMBLY BILL 911 S ECTION 2 (1) If neither Assembly Bill 713 nor Senate Bill 702 are enacted in the 2025-26 legislative session, then this act is void.
(2) Notwithstanding s.
16.42 (1) (e), in submitting information under s.
16.42 - 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRBs0478/1 ZDW:skw&cdc S ECTION 2 for purposes of the 2027-29 biennial budget bill, the department of natural resources shall submit information concerning the appropriation under s.
20.370 (4) (hq) as though the amount of that appropriation for fiscal year 2026-27 was $1,378,600.
SECTION 3.
Fiscal changes.
(1) In the schedule under s.
20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of natural resources under s.
20.370 (4) (hq), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026- 27 is increased by $150,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
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Action History

  1. Published 4-3-2026

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 171

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

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026

  5. Received from Senate concurred in

  6. Ordered immediately messaged

  7. Senators Smith and Drake added as cosponsors

  8. Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  9. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  10. Ordered to a third reading

  11. Read a second time

  12. Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

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

  14. Available for scheduling

  15. Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0

  16. Executive action taken

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

  18. Available for scheduling

  19. Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  20. Executive action taken

  21. Fiscal estimate received

  22. Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government

  23. Received from Assembly

  24. Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0

  26. Rules suspended

  27. Ordered to a third reading

  28. Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  29. Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Kitchens

  30. Read a second time

  31. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer

  32. Made a special order of business at 1:32 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13

  33. Representative Miresse added as a coauthor

  34. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens

  35. Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  36. Referred to committee on Rules

  37. Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  38. Executive action taken

  39. Public hearing held

  40. Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment

  41. Introduced by Representative Kitchens; cosponsored by Senator Tomczyk

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 130 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Tomczyk

Not signed on (130)

130 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Read a third time and concurred in

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 18000
Democrat 12000
Unaffiliated 3000
Total 33000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (33)
Member Party Vote
JOHNSON — Yea
DASSLER-ALFHEI — Yea
HABUSH SINYKIN — Yea
Carpenter, Tim Democrat Yea
Drake, Dora Democrat Yea
Hesselbein, Dianne Democrat Yea
Keyeski, Sarah Democrat Yea
Larson, Chris Democrat Yea
Pfaff, Brad Democrat Yea
Ratcliff, Melissa Democrat Yea
Roys, Kelda Democrat Yea
Smith, Jeff Democrat Yea
Spreitzer, Mark Democrat Yea
Wall, Jamie Democrat Yea
Wirch, Robert Democrat Yea
Bradley, Julian Republican Yea
Cabral-Guevara, Rachael Republican Yea
Felzkowski, Mary Republican Yea
Feyen, Dan Republican Yea
Hutton, Rob Republican Yea
Jacque, André Republican Yea
Jagler, John Republican Yea
James, Jesse Republican Yea
Kapenga, Chris Republican Yea
LeMahieu, Devin Republican Yea
Marklein, Howard Republican Yea
Nass, Steve Republican Yea
Quinn, Romaine Republican Yea
Stafsholt, Rob Republican Yea
Testin, Patrick Republican Yea
Tomczyk, Cory Republican Yea
Wanggaard, Van Republican Yea
Wimberger, Eric Republican Yea

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Read a third time and passed

Passed 97 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 53000
Democrat 41002
Unaffiliated 3000
Total 97002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
JOHNSON — Yea
MOORE OMOKUNDE — Yea
SPEAKER — Yea
Anderson, Clinton Democrat Yea
Andraca, Deb Democrat Yea
Arney, Margaret Democrat Yea
Bare, Mike Democrat Yea
Billings, Jill Democrat Yea
Brown, Brienne Democrat Yea
Clancy, Ryan Democrat Yea
Cruz, Angelina Democrat Yea
DeSanto, Karen Democrat Yea
DeSmidt, Ben Democrat Yea
Doyle, Steve Democrat Yea
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Yea
Fitzgerald, Joan Democrat Yea
Goodwin, Russell Democrat Not Voting
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Yea
Hong, Francesca Democrat Yea
Hysell, Andrew Democrat Yea
Jacobson, Jenna Democrat Yea
Joers, Alex Democrat Yea
Kirsch, Karen Democrat Yea
Madison, Darrin Democrat Yea
Mayadev, Renuka Democrat Yea
McCarville, Maureen Democrat Yea
McGuire, Tip Democrat Yea
Miresse, Vincent Democrat Yea
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Yea
Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia Democrat Yea
Palmeri, Lori Democrat Yea
Phelps, Christian Democrat Yea
Prado, Priscilla Democrat Yea
Rivera-Wagner, Amaad Democrat Yea
Roe, Ann Democrat Yea
Sheehan, Joe Democrat Yea
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Yea
Snodgrass, Lee Democrat Yea
Spaude, Ryan Democrat Yea
Stroud, Angela Democrat Yea
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Yea
Subeck, Lisa Democrat Yea
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Yea
Tenorio, Angelito Democrat Yea
Udell, Randy Democrat Yea
Vining, Robyn Democrat Not Voting
Allen, Scott Republican Yea
Armstrong, David Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Behnke, Elijah Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brill, Lindee Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Callahan, Calvin Republican Yea
Dallman, Alex Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Donovan, Bob Republican Yea
Duchow, Cindi Republican Yea
Franklin, Benjamin Republican Yea
Goeben, Joy Republican Yea
Green, Chanz Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
Gustafson, Nate Republican Yea
Hurd, Karen Republican Yea
Jacobson, Brent Republican Yea
Kaufert, Dean Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
Kreibich, Rob Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Maxey, Dave Republican Yea
Melotik, Paul Republican Yea
Moses, Clint Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Yea
Nedweski, Amanda Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
O'Connor, Jerry Republican Yea
Penterman, William Republican Yea
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Piwowarczyk, Jim Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Snyder, Patrick Republican Yea
Sortwell, Shae Republican Yea
Spiros, John Republican Yea
Steffen, David Republican Yea
Summerfield, Rob Republican Yea
Swearingen, Rob Republican Yea
Tittl, Paul Republican Yea
Tranel, Travis Republican Yea
Tucker, Duke Republican Yea
Tusler, Ron Republican Yea
VanderMeer, Nancy Republican Yea
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea
Zimmerman, Shannon Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 911 do?
An Act to create 20.370 (4) (ht) of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 911?
AB 911 is sponsored by Kitchens, Joel (Republican) and Tomczyk.
What is the current status of AB 911?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 26, 2026. It awaits signature.
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