Wisconsin Legislative Council
AMENDMENT MEMO
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Memo published: October 9, 2023 Contact: Rachel Letzing, Deputy Director
2023 Assembly Bill 220 Assembly Amendment 1
2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 220
2023 Assembly Bill 220 creates an unfunded appropriation and directs the Department of Agriculture,
Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to request that the Joint Committee on Finance (JCF)
supplement this appropriation with sufficient funds from the environmental fund to provide grants to
the Fenwood Creek pilot project in Marathon County to reduce watershed phosphorus and sediment
levels. The bill specifies that JCF may supplement the appropriation in an amount up to $607,000 in
each year of the 2023-25 biennium.
The bill requires DATCP to submit to the appropriate legislative standing committees reports on how
grant money provided to the Fenwood Creek pilot project has been spent and the pilot project’s results
in reducing watershed phosphorus and sediment levels. DATCP is further directed to include a request
for funding for this pilot project in its 2025-27 agency budget request.
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1
Assembly Amendment 1 changes the authorized supplemental appropriation amount from $607,000 to
$300,000 in each year of the 2023-25 biennium.
BILL HISTORY
Representative Rozar offered Assembly Amendment 1 on September 18, 2023. On October 5, 2023, the
Assembly Committee on Environment recommended adoption of the amendment on a vote of Ayes, 8;
Noes, 0, and recommended passage of the bill, as amended, on a vote of Ayes, 7; Noes, 1.
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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