Relating to: repealing the dry cleaner environmental response program, creating the revitalize Wisconsin program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
SB 776 repeals Wisconsin's dry cleaner environmental response program and creates the "Revitalize Wisconsin" program to support cleanup of contaminated properties. The new program provides $3 million biennially from the environmental fund to cover costs for eligible property owners (including "innocent landowners" who didn't cause pollution) and developers on brownfield sites - abandoned properties affected by environmental contamination. It allows grants, direct services, or reimbursements for cleanup activities like waste removal and sampling, with some sites prioritized for funding. The bill also adjusts related environmental funding rules and repeals outdated provisions.
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Dec 2025
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Introduced Dec 12, 2025
Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced by Senators Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson and Ratcliff;
cosponsored by Representatives Madison, Anderson, Joers, Andraca, Arney, DeSmidt, Hysell, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Palmeri, Sinicki, Stroud, Subeck, Tenorio, Udell and Vining
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