Senate comittee acts on phosphorus bill, Assembly committee moves forward on slow no wake bill

{This is an email I received from Tami Jackson at WAL...}

This week the Senate Environment Committee held an Executive Session on the phosphorus lawn fertilizer bill (SB 5) and unanimously voted to send the bill forward to the full Senate for consideration. The bill has been referred to the Senate Organization committee. We anticipate this bill will go to the floor of the Senate for a vote later this month. The full Assembly has already passed this bill.

SB 5 would prohibit the display, sale, and use of lawn fertilizer containing phosphorus, with certain reasonable exceptions. This bill is modeled after Dane County's existing and successful county ordinance.

The Assembly Natural Resources Committee held a public hearing on the slow-no-wake bill (SB 12) this week. The Committee has scheduled an Executive Session on the bill for next week, and we anticipate that the bill will advance to the full Assembly. The full Senate has already passed this bill.

SB 12 would establish a slow no wake zone within 100 feet of a lake’s shoreline for motorboats. An opt-out provision for local governments is included. Pick-up and drop zones for water skiers would also be excluded.