2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature

Assembly Bill 879

An Act to renumber and amend 23.097 (1); to amend 23.097 (1g) and 23.097 (1r); to create 23.097 (1) (b) and 23.097 (1m) of the statutes; Relating to: grants for planting trees to address urban heat islands, eligible recipients for urban forestry grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Status: A - Environment

Important Actions (newest first)

Date / House Action Journal
3/23/2026 Asm.Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1688

History

Date / House Action Journal
1/16/2026 Asm.Introduced by Representatives Tenorio, Subeck, Arney, Bare, Goodwin, Hong, Joers, Madison, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Prado, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Udell and Vining;
cosponsored by Senators Drake, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wall
469
1/16/2026 Asm.Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment469
1/27/2026 Asm.Representative Anderson added as a coauthor506
2/2/2026 Asm.Representative Clancy added as a coauthor519
2/4/2026 Asm.Fiscal estimate received 
3/19/2026 Asm.Representative Mayadev added as a coauthor677
3/23/2026 Asm.Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1688
 
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