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AB131Introduced in the Assembly

Programs and requirements to address PFAS.

Passed

Introduced by Jeffrey Mursau, District 36

What does this bill do?

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Official description

An Act to renumber 281.58 (8e); to amend 281.61 (6) and 281.75 (7) (c) 2. a.; to create 66.0811 (4), 196.49 (7), 281.58 (8e) (bm), 281.75 (5m), 292.11 (9) (g), 292.315, 292.32 and 292.34 of the statutes; Relating to: programs and requirements to address PFAS.

Where it stands

Published 4-7-2026

April 6, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

AssemblyStage: Assembly: Read a third time and passed · February 19, 2026

93

Yes

0

No

6

Absent or Not Voting

99 assemblymembers recorded in this Assembly vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each assemblymember voted

AssemblymemberDistrictVote
Joel Kitchens1Yes
Shae Sortwell2Yes
Ron Tusler3Yes
David Steffen4Yes
Joy Goeben5Yes
Elijah Behnke6Yes
Karen Kirsch7Yes
Sylvia Ortiz-Velez8Yes
Pricilla Prado9Not Voting
Darrin Madison10Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced

  2. Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment

  3. Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  4. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Mursau

  5. Public hearing held

  6. Executive action taken

  7. Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  8. Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Made a special order of business at 11:06 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  10. Read a second time

  11. Representatives Billings, Miresse and Brown added as coauthors

  12. Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Mursau

  13. Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  14. Ordered to a third reading

  15. Rules suspended

  16. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 93, Noes 0

  17. Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Received from Assembly

  19. Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

  20. Executive action taken

  21. Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  22. Available for scheduling

  23. Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  24. Executive action taken

  25. Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  26. Available for scheduling

  27. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  28. Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  29. Senators Dassler-Alfheim, Carpenter and Smith added as cosponsors

  30. Read a second time

  31. Ordered to a third reading

  32. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  33. Read a third time and concurred in

  34. Ordered immediately messaged

  35. Received from Senate concurred in

  36. Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  37. Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor

  38. LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 2)

  39. Report correctly enrolled on 3-27-2026

  40. Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  41. Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

  42. Report approved by the Governor on 4-6-2026. 2026 Wisconsin Act 201

  43. Published 4-7-2026

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