| 1 | 1 | | 2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE |
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| 2 | 2 | | LRB-0329/1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | EVM:cdc |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 41 |
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| 5 | 5 | | February 17, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives SORTWELL, ARMSTRONG, |
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| 6 | 6 | | BEHNKE, DITTRICH, KREIBICH, GOEBEN, MIRESSE, STROUD and WICHGERS, |
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| 7 | 7 | | cosponsored by Senator JACQUE. Referred to Committee on Local Government. |
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| 9 | 9 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT to create 66.04075 of the statutes; relating to: local regulation of |
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| 11 | 11 | | vegetable gardens. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 13 | 13 | | This bill prohibits a political subdivision from requiring a permit for or |
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| 14 | 14 | | prohibiting the cultivation of a vegetable or flower garden on residential property |
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| 15 | 15 | | not owned by the political subdivision. |
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| 16 | 16 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 17 | 17 | | enact as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. 66.04075 of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 19 | 19 | | 66.04075 Vegetable and flower gardens. (1) In this section: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) XPolitical subdivisionY means a city, village, town, or county. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) XVegetable gardenY means a plot of ground or elevated soil bed that is |
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| 22 | 22 | | located on a residential property and in which any of the following are grown: |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1. Vegetables, herbs, fruits, leafy greens, or other edible plants. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 8 2025 - 2026 Legislature |
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| 32 | 32 | | ASSEMBLY BILL 41 |
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| 33 | 33 | | - 2 - LRB-0329/1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | EVM:cdc |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2. Flowers. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 3. Pollinator plants. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) A political subdivision may not require a permit for or prohibit the |
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| 39 | 39 | | cultivation of a vegetable garden on property not owned by the political subdivision. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (3) This section does not affect the power of a municipality to do any of the |
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| 41 | 41 | | following if the regulation does not specifically regulate vegetable gardens: |
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| 42 | 42 | | (a) Enact a zoning ordinance. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) Regulate the use of water or fertilizer. |
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| 44 | 44 | | (c) Control noxious weeds, as defined under s. 66.0407 (1) (b), or invasive |
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| 45 | 45 | | species. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (END) |
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