SB 265 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: waiver of fees for admission to state parks on Earth Day. (FE)

SB 265 requires Wisconsin state parks to waive all daily admission fees and related charges on April 22 each year to honor Earth Day and its founder, Gaylord Nelson. This policy change directly affects all visitors to state parks on April 22, eliminating the cost of entry for that specific day. The bill creates a new statutory provision (27.01(9)(b)) that automatically applies the fee waiver without requiring additional action. The change affects the Department of Natural Resources, which must implement the waiver for all state parks under its management.
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Introduced May 20, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Cabral-Guevara, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Joers, Behnke, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Udell and Vining
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