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WI SB124

Bill

Status

Passed

7/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Julian Bradley

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a Nuclear Power Summit Board with 6 voting members (2 senators, 2 assembly representatives, WEDC CEO or designee, and 1 governor appointee) plus nonvoting members from the Public Service Commission, Nuclear Energy Institute, Fusion Industry Association, and UW-Madison nuclear engineering faculty

  • Requires the board to organize and host a nuclear power summit in Madison to advance nuclear power and fusion energy technology, with the event held no later than one month after the new UW-Madison college of engineering building opens

  • Allows the board to establish tiered registration fees and permits Wisconsin residents to attend without paying fees

  • Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation must provide administrative support and expend appropriated funds at the board's direction, with board expenditure decisions overriding WEDC board authority

  • Board must meet at least once in 2025 and 3 times annually thereafter, ceasing to exist 180 days after the summit concludes or by July 1, 2030, with remaining property transferred to UW-Madison's nuclear engineering department

Legislative Description

Creating a board to organize, promote, and host a Wisconsin nuclear power summit. (FE)

Last Action

Published 7-3-2025

7/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Finance6/18/2025
Utilities and Tourism3/14/2025

Full Bill Text

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