Total Lobbying Effort

Hours Lobbied on Each Matter

• Legislative Bills/Resolutions

  Lobbying Effort On Legislative Bills And Resolutions

  Assembly Bill 160

  Relating to: regulation of aquaculture and fish farms, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  2.00 (15%)				2.00 (2%)

  Senate Bill 95

  Relating to: regulation of aquaculture and fish farms, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  2.00 (15%)				2.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 105

  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
  3.00 (20%)				3.00 (3%)

  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
  4.00 (25%)		1.00 (5%)		5.00 (5%)

  Assembly Bill 388

  Relating to: the discharge of dredged or fill material into artificial wetlands and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	0.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 168

  Relating to: local assistance for remediating contaminated wells and failing wastewater treatment systems and award limits for contaminated well grants. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	0.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 295

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

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	0.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 388

  Relating to: review by the Department of Safety and Professional Services of the state electrical wiring code applicable to one-family and two-family dwellings; the legal description required for recording an easement for the construction, operation, or maintenance of sewer lines or facilities; expanding the use of tax incremental financing for workforce housing development and allowing a reduction in the amount of certain impact fees; effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations; exempting certain vehicles delivering propane from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations; elimination of the forestation state property tax; reviews of and reports on bills and proposed administrative rules that affect housing; general permits to place riprap on the bed of a navigable water; and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	0.00 (1%)

  Assembly Bill 480

  Relating to: review by the Department of Safety and Professional Services of the state electrical wiring code applicable to one-family and two-family dwellings; the legal description required for recording an easement for the construction, operation, or maintenance of sewer lines or facilities; expanding the use of tax incremental financing for workforce housing development and allowing a reduction in the amount of certain impact fees; effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations; exempting certain vehicles delivering propane from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations; elimination of the forestation state property tax; reviews of and reports on bills and proposed administrative rules that affect housing; general permits to place riprap on the bed of a navigable water; and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	2.00 (5%)			2.00 (2%)

  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
  	2.00 (5%)			2.00 (2%)

  Senate Bill 320

  Relating to: the discharge of dredged or fill material into artificial wetlands and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	2.00 (5%)			2.00 (2%)

  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
  	2.00 (5%)			2.00 (2%)

  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
  	5.00 (10%)			5.00 (5%)

  Senate Bill 387

  Relating to: limiting the authority of local governments to regulate development on substandard lots and require the merging of lots; requiring a political subdivision to issue a conditional use permit under certain circumstances; standards for granting certain zoning variances; local ordinances related to repair, rebuilding, and maintenance of certain nonconforming structures; shoreland zoning of, and the removal of material from the bed of, certain small, private ponds; inverse condemnation proceedings; and the right to display the flag of the United States. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	5.00 (10%)			5.00 (5%)

  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
  	5.00 (10%)			5.00 (5%)

  Assembly Bill 479

  Relating to: limiting the authority of local governments to regulate development on substandard lots and require the merging of lots; requiring a political subdivision to issue a conditional use permit under certain circumstances; standards for granting certain zoning variances; local ordinances related to repair, rebuilding, and maintenance of certain nonconforming structures; shoreland zoning of, and the removal of material from the bed of, certain small, private ponds; inverse condemnation proceedings; and the right to display the flag of the United States. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	7.00 (15%)			7.00 (8%)

  Assembly Bill 599

  Relating to: determinations of navigability of a stream.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	7.00 (15%)			7.00 (8%)

  Senate Bill 506

  Relating to: determinations of navigability of a stream.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	7.00 (15%)			7.00 (8%)

  Assembly Bill 881

  Relating to: notifying well owners and counties of certain water pollution violations, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		1.00 (5%)		1.00 (1%)

  Assembly Bill 911

  Relating to: funding for the Southeastern Wisconsin Fox River Commission and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		1.00 (5%)		1.00 (1%)

  Assembly Bill 946

  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
  		1.00 (5%)		1.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 739

  Relating to: notifying well owners and counties of certain water pollution violations, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		1.00 (5%)		1.00 (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
  		1.00 (5%)		1.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 817

  Relating to: funding for the Southeastern Wisconsin Fox River Commission and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		1.00 (5%)		1.00 (1%)

  Assembly Bill 661

  Relating to: exemptions to certain boating restrictions for operators of hydro-flight devices and operators of personal watercraft that assist in powering hydro-flight devices.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		3.00 (10%)		3.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 789

  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
  		7.00 (25%)		7.00 (8%)

  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
  		8.00 (30%)		8.00 (9%)

• Budget Bill Subjects

  Lobbying Effort On Budget Bill Subjects

  Natural Resources: Departmentwide

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  1.00 (5%)				1.00 (1%)

• Administrative Rulemaking Proceedings

  Lobbying Effort On Administrtive Rulemaking Proceedings

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Revisions to chapters NR 102, 106, 205 and NR 207 and other related regulations for the purpose of updating Wisconsin’s antidegradation policy and implementation procedures

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	0.00 (1%)