SB 293 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: native prairie and forage plants.

SB 293 requires all state agencies to prioritize using native prairie and forage plants in their projects to support native bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. It creates a new statute (20.935) defining "state agency" broadly and mandating that agencies use these native plants where appropriate. The Department of Natural Resources must provide requested information to help agencies implement this requirement. The bill directly affects every state agency that manages land or projects, with no financial or regulatory changes beyond the preference for native plants.
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Introduced May 30, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced by Senators Smith, Pfaff, Habush Sinykin, Carpenter, Drake, Hesselbein, Larson, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Wall, Wirch and Dassler-Alfheim; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Behnke, DeSanto, Miresse, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Billings, Clancy, Cruz, DeSmidt, Doyle, Fitzgerald, Joers, Johnson, Madison, Mayadev, Moore Omokunde, Palmeri, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Andraca, J. Jacobson and Udell
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