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WI SB 298

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Relating to: ban on the use of certain insecticides by the Department of Natural Resources.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WI SB 298 pass?

No. WI SB 298 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-23). Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI SB 298 about?

WI SB 298 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: ban on the use of certain insecticides by the Department of Natural Resources.”.

Who sponsors WI SB 298?

Dassler-Alfheim, Wirch, Wall and 11 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 298.

Introduced
2025-05-30
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Dassler-Alfheimprimary
  • Wirchprimary
  • Wallprimary
  • Spreitzerprimary
  • Smithprimary
  • Roysprimary
  • Ratcliffprimary
  • Larsonprimary
  • Keyeskiprimary
  • Hesselbeinprimary
  • Drakeprimary
  • Carpenterprimary
  • Habush Sinykinprimary
  • Pfaffprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-30

    Introduced by Senators Pfaff, Habush Sinykin, Carpenter, Drake, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall, Wirch and Dassler-Alfheim; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Behnke, DeSanto, Miresse, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Billings, Clancy, Cruz, DeSmidt, Doyle, Fitzgerald, Joers, Johnson, Madison, Mayadev, Moore Omokunde, Palmeri, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Vining, Andraca and Udell

    introduction

  2. 2025-05-30

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-06-12

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  4. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb298

Attribution

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