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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 361 |
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| 5 | 5 | | July 27, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SNODGRASS, CONSIDINE, ALLEN, C. |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANDERSON, J. ANDERSON, ANDRACA, BARE, BEHNKE, BALDEH, BILLINGS, CABRERA, |
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| 7 | 7 | | CONLEY, EMERSON, HAYWOOD, HONG, JACOBSON, MOORE OMOKUNDE, JOERS, |
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| 8 | 8 | | OHNSTAD, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SHANKLAND, SHELTON, SINICKI, SORTWELL, |
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| 9 | 9 | | STUBBS, SUBECK and MADISON, cosponsored by Senators SMITH, PFAFF, AGARD, |
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| 10 | 10 | | BALLWEG, CARPENTER, HESSELBEIN, LARSON, ROYS and SPREITZER. Referred to |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Environment. |
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| 12 | 12 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to create 20.935 of the statutes; relating to: native prairie and forage |
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| 14 | 14 | | plants. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 16 | 16 | | This bill requires state agencies and other state governmental entities to give |
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| 17 | 17 | | preference, where appropriate, to using native prairie and forage plants to benefit |
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| 18 | 18 | | native bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. The bill requires the Department of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Natural Resources to provide information upon request to support this initiative. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 21 | 21 | | enact as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. 20.935 of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 23 | 23 | | 20.935 Native prairie and forage plants. (1) DEFINITION. In this section, |
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| 24 | 24 | | “state agency" means an association, authority, board, department, commission, |
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| 25 | 25 | | independent agency, institution, office, society, or other body in state government |
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| 26 | 26 | | created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) INITIATIVE. Each state agency, where appropriate, shall give preference to |
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| 28 | 28 | | using native prairie and forage plants to benefit native bees, butterflies, and other |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 361 |
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| 40 | 40 | | pollinators. The department of natural resources shall provide information to a state |
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| 41 | 41 | | agency when requested to support this initiative. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (END) |
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