Relating to: the offering of deer to a meat processing facility for provision to a food pantry.
AB 693 allows hunters in Wisconsin's designated central and southern farmland zones to offer legally taken deer to meat processing facilities in exchange for local business gift cards. The processed meat must then be provided to food distribution services (as defined by state law) that supply food pantries. This bill creates a new legal pathway for connecting hunting harvests with food assistance programs through a specific gift-card exchange mechanism. It directly affects hunters in those zones, meat processors, and food pantries receiving donated meat. The policy change streamlines how donated venison from legal hunts can reach food pantries via this structured process.
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Nov 2025
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Introduced Nov 26, 2025
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Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Mursau, Novak, Behnke, Brill, Duchow, Knodl, Penterman, Steffen and Wichgers;
cosponsored by Senator Jacque
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