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WI SB762

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jeff Smith

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Department of Natural Resources must create a grant program with $2.5 million annually from the environmental fund for private well testing and education

  • Counties, cities, villages, and towns with private wells can receive grants up to $10,000 to test and map wells for groundwater quality, contamination, and correlations between water quality, geology, and well construction

  • County health departments and land and water conservation departments can receive grants up to $10,000 for education and outreach related to well testing

  • Grant recipients must share testing results with DNR and UW-Stevens Point Center for Watershed Science and Education, excluding personally identifiable information

  • Cities, villages, and towns with private wells must inform residents about the importance of regular well testing

Legislative Description

Grants for testing privately owned wells and providing education, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Last Action

Fiscal estimate received

1/13/2026

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs12/12/2025

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