Total Lobbying Effort

Hours Lobbied on Each Matter

• Legislative Bills/Resolutions

  Lobbying Effort On Legislative Bills And Resolutions

  Senate Bill 76

  Relating to: replacement, reconstruction, and transfer of an approved high capacity well, recommendation of special groundwater measures by the Department of Natural Resources, and metering requirements and grants for certain high capacity wells.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  167.00 (35%)				167.00 (10%)

  Assembly Bill 547

  Relating to: permitting and mitigation requirements for nonfederal and artificial wetlands and state assumption of the federal regulatory program governing the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  			12.00 (5%)	12.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 796

  Relating to: producer led watershed protection grants and transferring moneys within the environmental fund. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  			12.00 (5%)	12.00 (< 1%)

• Budget Bill Subjects

  Lobbying Effort On Budget Bill Subjects

  Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  48.00 (10%)				48.00 (3%)

• Administrative Rulemaking Proceedings

  Lobbying Effort On Administrtive Rulemaking Proceedings

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  NR 151 to 155 to establish additional performance standard(s), clarify language, modify grant criteria to reflect program priorities, and update certain provisions based on improved data.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  48.00 (10%)	136.00 (25%)	64.00 (15%)		248.00 (15%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Runoff management and nonpoint source performance standards and concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) rule revisions to incorporate by reference those performance standards

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	109.00 (20%)	64.00 (15%)	29.00 (12%)	202.00 (12%)

  Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (ATCP)

  Livestock facility siting

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  			44.00 (18%)	44.00 (3%)

• Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

  Lobbying Effort On Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

  Special regulations to improve water quality in certain areas with karst soils

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  47.78 (10%)				47.78 (3%)

  Drivers permits and insurance requirements for non-citizen drivers

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  47.78 (10%)	38.21 (7%)			85.99 (5%)

  Changes in regulation for VTAs and calf hutch areas on permitted dairy farms

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  71.67 (15%)	38.21 (7%)			109.88 (6%)

  Regulations pertaining to the practice of veterinary medicine

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	21.83 (4%)			21.83 (1%)

  Regulations pertaining to ground and surface water quality as well as agriculture's role in protecting or improving the quality of our water

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	38.21 (7%)			38.21 (2%)

  ATCP 51 - Livestock Facility Siting Law

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	92.79 (17%)	63.68 (15%)		156.47 (9%)

  Efforts to move authority over the permitting of large farms from DNR to DATCP

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		169.82 (40%)	123.83 (51%)	293.65 (17%)