Wisconsin Senate Bill 729

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-06 - Representative Johnson added as a cosponsor
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to amend 16.957 (2) (d) 3., 25.96 and 238.40 (2) (b); to create 16.296, 16.957 (2) (a) 5., 20.505 (1) (gj), 66.0443, 101.028, 103.08, 196.03 (7), 196.03 (8), 196.493, 196.498, 238.40 (1) (am) and 238.40 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes; Relating to: large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin [D]	Sen. Mark Spreitzer [D]	Sen. Sarah Keyeski [D]	Sen. Timothy Carpenter [D]
Sen. Kristin Dassler-Alfheim [D]	Sen. Dora Drake [D]	Sen. Dianne Hesselbein [D]	Sen. Christopher Larson [D]
Sen. Brad Pfaff [D]	Sen. Melissa Ratcliff [D]	Sen. Kelda Roys [D]	Sen. Jamie Wall [D]
Rep. Angela Stroud [D]	Rep. Vinnie Miresse [D]	Rep. Lori Palmeri [D]	Rep. Mike Bare [D]
Rep. Clinton Anderson [D]	Rep. Deb Andraca [D]	Rep. Jill Billings [D]	Rep. Ben DeSmidt [D]
Rep. Jodi Emerson [D]	Rep. Joan Fitzgerald [D]	Rep. Russell Goodwin [D]	Rep. Francesca Hong [D]
Rep. Alex Joers [D]	Rep. Darrin Madison [D]	Rep. Renuka Mayadev [D]	Rep. Maureen McCarville [D]
Rep. Supreme Omokunde [D]	Rep. Greta Neubauer [D]	Rep. Amaad Rivera-Wagner [D]	Rep. Ann Roe [D]
Rep. Joe Sheehan [D]	Rep. Christine Sinicki [D]	Rep. Lee Snodgrass [D]	Rep. Shelia Stubbs [D]
Rep. Lisa Subeck [D]	Rep. Angelito Tenorio [D]	Rep. Randy Udell [D]	Rep. Robyn Vining [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-06	Senate	Representative Johnson added as a cosponsor
2026-03-23	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-03-19	Senate	Senator Smith added as a coauthor
2026-03-19	Senate	Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
2026-02-17	Senate	Public hearing held
2026-02-03	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2026-01-22	Senate	Representative Hysell added as a cosponsor
2026-01-22	Senate	LRB correction
2026-01-20	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2026-01-20	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2026-01-08	Senate	Senator Wirch added as a coauthor
2025-12-05	Senate	Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
2025-12-05	Senate	Senator L. Johnson added as a coauthor
2025-12-02	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism
2025-12-02	Senate	Introduced

AB722 (Crossfiled) 2026-04-06 - Representative Johnson added as a coauthor

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb729
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB729.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/sb729/sb729_dsps.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/sb729/sb729_wedc.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/sb729/sb729_psc.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/utilities_technology_and_tourism/1974399.pdf