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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 3: Relating to: requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 3 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on January 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: requiring local approval for certain wind and solar projects before Public Service Commission approval. Primary sponsor: Howard Marklein (Republican), Cory Tomczyk (Republican), André Jacque (Republican), Steve Nass (Republican), Romaine Quinn (Republican). It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 23

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Howard MarkleinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Cory TomczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
André JacquePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Steve NassPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Romaine QuinnPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Lindee BrillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Joy GoebenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Karen HurdCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Scott KrugCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse72
Dave MaxeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Paul MelotikCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Shae SortwellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
John SpirosCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Travis TranelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse49
Ron TuslerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Chuck WichgersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Public hearing held
  3. LRB correction
  4. Senator Wimberger added as a coauthor
  5. Representative Dallman added as a cosponsor
  6. Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Tourism
  7. Introduced by Senators Marklein, Tomczyk, Jacque, Nass and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Tranel, Hurd, Krug, Kreibich, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Goeben, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, Penterman, Sortwell, Spiros, Tusler, Melotik, Wichgers and Mursau

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source