SB 622 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: fees related to animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers, and animal transport vehicles. (FE)

SB 622 revises annual fee structures for animal market operators, dealers, and truckers in Wisconsin. It establishes three new market license classes: Class A ($420/year, allows livestock/auction sales any day), Class B ($220/year, limits auctions to 4 days), and Class E ($280/year, limited to equine sales only). The bill also creates a $20 annual fee for each registered animal transport vehicle and repeals outdated reinspection fee provisions. These changes directly affect businesses operating animal markets, dealers, and transporters by clarifying licensing requirements and standardizing fees.

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Assembly Passage

Feb 2026

Vetoed

Apr 2026

Introduced Nov 6, 2025 Vetoed Apr 6, 2026

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MODERATE

The bill was converted from a draft proposal into the final enacted law, significantly expanding its scope beyond just animal market fees to include comprehensive regulations on animal health certifications, livestock handling facilities, and equine imports. The final version establishes specific dollar amounts for various fees and creates new definitions for facilities and herd statuses that were not present in the original draft. This change matters because it solidifies the legal framework for regulating animal health and commerce in Wisconsin, replacing the previous system where the Department of Agriculture could set these fees by rule with a fixed statutory structure.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from solely regulating fees for animal markets, dealers, and transport vehicles to include new provisions for tuberculosis and brucellosis herd certifications, pseudorabies-negative swine certifications, intermediate livestock handling facilities, and strict quarantine protocols for imported equine animals.

DEFINITION

New definitions were created for 'Intermediate livestock handling facility' and specific herd certifications (tuberculosis-free, brucellosis-free, pseudorabies-negative) to formalize regulatory standards.

FISCAL

Specific fee amounts were statutorily established for various services, including $100 for bovine tuberculosis certification, $150 for farm-raised deer certification, and $140 for intermediate livestock handling facility certification.

REQUIREMENT

New requirements mandate strict quarantine and permit processes for importing stallions or mares from nations with contagious equine metritis, including a $100 application fee.

A new reporting requirement was added to mandate an annual report on animal health fee revenue and expenditures to the joint committee on finance.

ENFORCEMENT

Reinspection fees for violations were standardized at $150 for animal markets, dealers, and farm-raised deer operations, replacing the previous authority for the department to set these fees by rule.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

22–12

Passed

Total votes 34

Feb 11, 2026

D Democratic16

4 Yea 12 Nay

75% Nay

R Republican18

18 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 6, 2026

Vetoed

Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-3-2026

upper

Mar 25, 2026

Introduced

LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 7)

upper

Mar 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

Assembly Substitute Amendment 7 concurred in, Ayes 20, Noes 13

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Substitute Amendment 7 adopted

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 57, Noes 42

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

Assembly Substitute Amendment 7 adopted

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Introduced

Assembly Substitute Amendment 7 offered by Representative Tranel

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Introduced

Assembly Substitute Amendment 6 offered by Representative Neubauer

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Introduced

Assembly Substitute Amendment 5 offered by Representative Rivera-Wagner

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Introduced

Assembly Substitute Amendment 4 offered by Representative Snodgrass

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Introduced

Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Johnson

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Introduced

Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Bare

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Introduced

Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brown

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read a third time and passed, Ayes 22, Noes 11

upper

Feb 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

upper

Feb 11, 2026

Amended

Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

upper

Feb 11, 2026

Introduced

Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Pfaff, Spreitzer, Keyeski, Smith, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Ratcliff and Roys

upper

Feb 11, 2026

Introduced

Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Pfaff, Spreitzer, Keyeski, Smith, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Ratcliff and Roys

upper

Feb 9, 2026

Committee

Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and rereferred to committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

upper

Jan 29, 2026

Committee

Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

upper

Jan 14, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3

upper

Jan 14, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 3

upper

Jan 9, 2026

Introduced

Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Quinn

upper

Nov 6, 2025

Introduced

Introduced by Senators Quinn, Marklein, Jagler, Nass and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Tranel, Moses, Novak, Behnke, Brill, Brooks, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Kitchens, Kreibich, Krug, Kurtz, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, O'Connor, Penterman, Pronschinske, Rodriguez, Spiros, VanderMeer, Wichgers and Knodl

upper

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors