---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: regulation of aquaculture and fish farms, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: regulation of aquaculture and fish farms, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "AB 160"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 160 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bernier", "E. Brooks", "Edming", "Felzkowski", "Horlacher", "Jarchow", "Kulp", "Loudenbeck", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Nygren", "Quinn", "R. Brooks", "Ripp", "Skowronski", "Snyder", "Spiros", "Stafsholt", "Swearingen", "Tauchen", "Tittl"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6d12438-1517-4152-b6a2-f9e143cec02b"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab160"
source_hash: "6a420bd00dc5c44f7d017599c466181c086c44826f21916e8cb4c09ac538b5bc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin AB 160 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: regulation of aquaculture and fish farms, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/AB160)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 9, Noes 5 — **9–5** (pass) · legislature
- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 64, Noes 34 — **64–34** (pass) · legislature
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bernier — primary (person)
- E. Brooks — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Horlacher — primary (person)
- Jarchow — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Loudenbeck — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Nygren — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- R. Brooks — primary (person)
- Ripp — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Stafsholt — primary (person)
- Swearingen — primary (person)
- Tauchen — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Felzkowski, Stafsholt, Nygren, Mursau, Spiros, Quinn, Kulp, Jarchow, E. Brooks, Horlacher, Edming, Ripp, Skowronski, Murphy, Snyder, Tittl, Swearingen, Ballweg, Tauchen, Loudenbeck, R. Brooks and Bernier; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany, Testin, Moulton, Nass, LeMahieu, Marklein and Stroebel `introduction`
- **2017-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage
- **2017-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Rohrkaste added as a coauthor
- **2017-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 9, Noes 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-2-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 64, Noes 34 `passage`
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2017-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-05-05T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-10-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Miller, Shilling, Bewley, Hansen, Johnson, Vinehout, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Risser and Ringhand
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Miller, Shilling, Bewley, Hansen, Johnson, Vinehout, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Risser and Ringhand
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 rejected
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 rejected
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2017-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 5-23-2017
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 6-21-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 6-23-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 21 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-26T05:00:00+00:00** Published 6-24-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6d12438-1517-4152-b6a2-f9e143cec02b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).