Relating to: spending cap for the Wisconsin agricultural exports program and making an appropriation. (FE)
SB 823 establishes specific spending limits for Wisconsin's agricultural exports program. It requires $2.5 million to be spent on one export objective, $1.25 million each for two other objectives, and caps total annual spending at $1 million. The bill also increases funding for the program by $1.07 million for fiscal year 2025-26 and $1.09 million for 2026-27. Additionally, it adds one administrative position (1.0 FTE) within the Department of Agriculture to manage the program. The bill directly affects the Center for International Agribusiness Marketing and the Department of Agriculture, which administer the program.
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 14, 2026
Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Jan 14, 2026
Introduced
Introduced by Senators Smith, Spreitzer, Hesselbein, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Drake, Dassler-Alfheim, Roys, Habush Sinykin, Larson, Keyeski and L. Johnson;
cosponsored by Representatives Brown, J. Jacobson, Sinicki, Miresse, Fitzgerald, Udell, Roe, Hysell, Joers, Bare, Emerson, Tenorio, McCarville, Arney, Neubauer, DeSmidt, DeSanto, Anderson, Hong, Goodwin, Johnson, Clancy, Billings, Phelps, Stubbs, Subeck, Sheehan and Stroud
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District
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Brad Pfaff
DDemocratic
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Chris Larson
DDemocratic
P
Dianne Hesselbein
DDemocratic
P
Dora Drake
DDemocratic
P
Jeff Smith
DDemocratic
P
Jodi Habush Sinykin
DDemocratic
P
Kelda Roys
DDemocratic
P
Kristin Dassler-Alfheim
DDemocratic
P
LaTonya Johnson
DDemocratic
P
Mark Spreitzer
DDemocratic
P
Melissa Ratcliff
DDemocratic
P
Sarah Keyeski
DDemocratic
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