---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: local assistance for remediating contaminated wells and failing wastewater treatment systems and award limits for contaminated well grants. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: local assistance for remediating contaminated wells and failing wastewater treatment systems and award limits for contaminated well grants. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "AB 226"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 226 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowen", "Horlacher", "Kitchens", "Krug", "Macco", "Mursau", "Novak", "Quinn", "Ripp", "Skowronski", "Steffen", "Tittl", "Tranel", "Tusler", "VanderMeer", "Vorpagel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08696fce-103f-47b9-9776-606716797e35"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab226"
source_hash: "2820098cb821df8ed6f53446411cab47c8568d07f4f9b169fd62694e7f621a2f"
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 226 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: local assistance for remediating contaminated wells and failing wastewater treatment systems and award limits for contaminated well grants. (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/AB226)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 35 — **62–35** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 10, Noes 2 — **10–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bowen — primary (person)
- Horlacher — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Macco — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Ripp — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)
- Tranel — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- VanderMeer — primary (person)
- Vorpagel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Krug, Quinn, Novak, Ripp, Skowronski, Macco, Mursau, Horlacher, Tranel, Tittl, Vorpagel, VanderMeer, Steffen, Tusler and Bowen; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Lasee and Petrowski `introduction`
- **2017-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment and Forestry
- **2017-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Zimmerman added as a coauthor
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 10, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-21-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Mason, Anderson, Hebl, Barca, Bowen, Brostoff, Crowley, Genrich, Hesselbein, Kessler, Meyers, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Vruwink and Zamarripa
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 35
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Spreitzer added as a coauthor
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2017-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-10-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2017-10-27T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-31-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2017-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-6-2017
- **2017-11-22T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-22-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-27-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 69 `executive-signature`
- **2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-28-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08696fce-103f-47b9-9776-606716797e35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).