Total Lobbying Effort

Hours Lobbied on Each Matter

• Legislative Bills/Resolutions

  Lobbying Effort On Legislative Bills And Resolutions

  Senate Bill 22

  Relating to: groundwater management, approval of high capacity wells, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  4.00 (1%)				4.00 (< 1%)

  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
  126.00 (30%)				126.00 (8%)

  Assembly Bill 78

  Relating to: lead service line replacements. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  50.00 (12%)				50.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 48

  Relating to: lead service line replacements. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	9.00 (1%)	5.00 (2%)		14.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 15

  Relating to: various changes regarding administrative rules and rule-making procedures and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  4.00 (1%)				4.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 384

  Relating to: the expiration of administrative rules. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		3.00 (1%)		3.00 (< 1%)

  August 2017 Special Session Assembly Bill 1

  Relating to: authorizing the creation of an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone, making changes to the enterprise zone tax credit program, authorizing limited use of the design-build construction process, granting contingent highway bonding authority, and making appropriations. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	64.00 (7%)	5.00 (2%)		69.00 (4%)

  Senate Bill 395

  Relating to: the regulation of nonferrous metallic mining, prospecting, exploration, and bulk sampling, repealing administrative rules relating to wetlands, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	247.00 (27%)			247.00 (16%)

  Assembly Bill 499

  Relating to: the regulation of nonferrous metallic mining, prospecting, exploration, and bulk sampling, repealing administrative rules relating to wetlands, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	82.00 (9%)			82.00 (5%)

  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
  	18.00 (2%)	41.00 (16%)		59.00 (4%)

  Senate Bill 459

  Relating to: Department of Natural Resources rules and regulation of air pollutants. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	91.00 (10%)	5.00 (2%)		96.00 (6%)

  Assembly Bill 532

  Relating to: one-call system enforcement and other requirements, Public Service Commission authority regarding state energy policy, settlements between parties in Public Service Commission dockets, various public utility regulatory requirements, the regulation of utility facilities under a county construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning ordinance, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	18.00 (2%)	5.00 (2%)		23.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 475

  Relating to: one-call system enforcement and other requirements, Public Service Commission authority regarding state energy policy, settlements between parties in Public Service Commission dockets, various public utility regulatory requirements, the regulation of utility facilities under a county construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning ordinance, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	9.00 (1%)			9.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 434

  Relating to: state agency goals for the generation or purchase of electric energy derived from renewable resources. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	9.00 (1%)			9.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 587

  Relating to: Department of Natural Resources rules and regulation of air pollutants. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	64.00 (7%)			64.00 (4%)

  Assembly Bill 588

  Relating to: prohibiting the funding and use of the Sheboygan Kohler-Andrae air quality monitor. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	18.00 (2%)			18.00 (1%)

  Assembly Bill 558

  Relating to: sales of reformulated gasoline. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	9.00 (1%)			9.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 600

  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
  	9.00 (1%)			9.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 640

  Relating to: workforce housing development tax incremental districts; local fees and charges; local levy limits; subdivision approval conditions; plat approval conditions; expiration of certain project approvals; division of land by certified survey map; erosion control and storm water management; limiting certain local regulatory authority; relocation benefits in condemnation proceedings; and zoning ordinance amendments. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	27.00 (3%)			27.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 770

  Relating to: workforce housing development tax incremental districts; local fees and charges; local levy limits; subdivision approval conditions; plat approval conditions; expiration of certain project approvals; division of land by certified survey map; erosion control and storm water management; limiting certain local regulatory authority; relocation benefits in condemnation proceedings; and zoning ordinance amendments. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	9.00 (1%)	13.00 (5%)		22.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 646

  Relating to: exempting certain facilities from solid waste facility regulations. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	27.00 (3%)	15.00 (6%)		42.00 (3%)

  Assembly Bill 720

  Relating to: the responsibility of a property owner for discharge of a hazardous substance by another.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		5.00 (2%)		5.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 935

  Relating to: an exemption from permit requirements for certain riparian owners who remove material from the bed of a navigable water.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		5.00 (2%)		5.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 941

  Relating to: iron or steel slag managed as an item of value.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		25.00 (10%)		25.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 956

  Relating to: requirements for siting wetland mitigation, wetland mitigation banks, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		41.00 (16%)		41.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 615

  Relating to: creating a procedure for granting certificates of qualification for employment for persons convicted of a crime and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		3.00 (1%)		3.00 (< 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
  13.00 (3%)				13.00 (< 1%)

  Natural Resources: Departmentwide

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  8.00 (2%)	27.00 (3%)			35.00 (2%)

  Natural Resources: Environmental Quality

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  50.00 (12%)	9.00 (1%)			59.00 (4%)

  Public Service Commission

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  29.00 (7%)				29.00 (2%)

  Natural Resources: Forestry, Parks and Recreation

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	9.00 (1%)			9.00 (< 1%)

• Administrative Rulemaking Proceedings

  Lobbying Effort On Administrtive Rulemaking Proceedings

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Revisions to chapters NR102, NR 104, NR 219 and other related permit program regulations for the purpose of updating Wisconsin’s water quality criteria for pathogens and recreational uses; and updating related WPDES permit implementation procedures for the revised water quality standards to be consistent with EPA’s recreational water quality criteria

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  4.00 (1%)				4.00 (< 1%)

  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
  46.00 (11%)	155.00 (17%)	81.00 (32%)		282.00 (18%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  The beneficial use of industrial waste byproducts

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  59.00 (14%)				59.00 (4%)

• Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

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

  sulfide mining

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  8.39 (2%)				8.39 (< 1%)

  Addressing polluted runoff and well contamination

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  8.39 (2%)				8.39 (< 1%)