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WI AB 30

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Relating to: prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WI AB 30 pass?

No. WI AB 30 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI AB 30 about?

WI AB 30 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state.”.

Who sponsors WI AB 30?

Tusler, Wichgers, Steffen and 16 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 30, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-17
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Tuslerprimary
  • Wichgersprimary
  • Steffenprimary
  • Sortwellprimary
  • Piwowarczykprimary
  • Mursauprimary
  • Murphyprimary
  • Maxeyprimary
  • Kreibichprimary
  • B. Jacobsonprimary
  • Greenprimary
  • Goebenprimary
  • Dittrichprimary
  • Brownprimary
  • Brillprimary
  • Armstrongprimary
  • Allenprimary
  • Behnkeprimary
  • Pentermanprimary
  • Jacquecosponsor
  • Cabral-Guevaracosponsor
  • Nasscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

  2. 2026-01-22

    Laid on the table

    deferral

  3. 2026-01-20

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

  4. 2026-01-14

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-14

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 11, Noes 4

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-01-14

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 11, Noes 4

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2026-01-08

    Executive action taken

  8. 2026-01-08

    Representative Brown withdrawn as a coauthor

    withdrawal

  9. 2026-01-06

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Penterman

    amendment-introduction

  10. 2025-10-21

    Public hearing held

  11. 2025-04-24

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Penterman

    amendment-introduction

  12. 2025-02-18

    Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

  13. 2025-02-17

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture

    reading-1,referral-committee

  14. 2025-02-17

    Introduced by Representatives Penterman, Behnke, Allen, Armstrong, Brill, Brown, Dittrich, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Kreibich, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Piwowarczyk, Sortwell, Steffen, Wichgers and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Cabral-Guevara and Nass

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 11, Noes 4

    2026-01-14 · pass · 11-4

  • Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Ayes 11, Noes 4

    2026-01-14 · pass · 11-4

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