---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: mitigation requirements applicable to wetland individual permits. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: mitigation requirements applicable to wetland individual permits. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "AB 497"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 497 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E. Brooks", "Felzkowski", "Gannon", "Horlacher", "Kremer", "Kuglitsch", "Kulp", "Steffen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-09-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6cfcd36-2722-4939-9b31-f9be2d26f2b8"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab497"
source_hash: "0a3ffd005b59ea416036a95f47e8a2d700bf02494962d94cfbac7a701fe99890"
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 497 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: mitigation requirements applicable to wetland individual permits. (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/AB497)

## Votes

- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 13, Noes 1 — **13–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- E. Brooks — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Gannon — primary (person)
- Horlacher — primary (person)
- Kremer — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Steffen, E. Brooks, Felzkowski, Gannon, Horlacher, Kremer, Kulp and Kuglitsch; cosponsored by Senators LeMahieu, Craig and Tiffany `introduction`
- **2017-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment and Forestry
- **2017-09-18T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Environment and Forestry and referred to committee on Energy and Utilities pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
- **2017-09-21T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-10-03T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steffen
- **2017-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- **2017-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 13, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-7-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-28-2017
- **2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-28-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-30-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 118 `executive-signature`
- **2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-1-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6cfcd36-2722-4939-9b31-f9be2d26f2b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).