CNOW for Nov. 17, 2025

Today's conservation notices:

  • Oppose AB 450: Further delaying needed updates to commercial building codes
  • Oppose AB 274: Expiration dates on environmental protections
  • Oppose AB 275: Incentivizing special interest group attacks on environmental protections
  • Oppose AB 276: Limiting DNR’s ability to advance environmental protections
  • Oppose AB 277: Corporate bottom lines over environmental protections
  • Oppose LRB 1781: Setting an arbitrary wolf population goal in statute
  • Co-Sponsor LRB 4048: Protecting incarcerated Wisconsinites from extreme temperatures
  • Co-Sponsor LRB 4050: Protecting incarcerated Wisconsinites’ right to the outdoors

  • Co-Sponsor LRB 5495: Capping utility bills

Oppose AB 450: Further delaying needed updates to commercial building codes

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AB 450, which is before the Senate on Tuesday.

Updated commercial building energy codes lower energy bills, while improving the health, safety, and comfort of building occupants. AB 450 would further delay the update of our state's building codes until April 2026, after already being delayed by 10 years.

Oppose AB 274 : Expiration dates on environmental protections

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AB 274, which is before the Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency on Tuesday.

Permanent health-based environmental standards ensure our water is safe to drink, or food is safe to eat, and our air is clean to breathe. AB 274 would put expiration dates on these protections, threatening our health and the health of future generations.

Oppose AB 275: Incentivizing special interest group attacks on environmental protections

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AB 275, which is before the Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency on Tuesday.

Wisconsin shouldn’t incentivize special interest group challenges to health-based environmental standards. AB 275 would allow special interest groups to recover attorney fees and costs from attacks on environmental standards.

Oppose AB 276: Limiting DNR’s ability to advance environmental protections

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AB 276, which is before the Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency on Tuesday.

Our Department of Natural Resources needs to be able to advance health-based environmental standards that ensure our water is safe to drink, our food is safe to eat, and our air is clean to breathe. AB 276 would place new limitations on the DNR’s ability to promulgate these standards, leaving our communities vulnerable to emerging contaminants.

Oppose AB 277: Corporate bottom lines over environmental protections

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AB 277, which is before the Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency on Tuesday.

Corporations shouldn't have control over our process for setting environmental standards. AB 277 would let corporations block new environmental standards by focusing solely on the cost to businesses while ignoring the health, environmental, and long-term economic benefits of stronger protections.

Oppose LRB 1781: Setting an arbitrary wolf population goal in statute

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to LRB 1781, which is circulating for co-sponsorship. 

Wisconsin now has an adaptive, science-based wolf management plan focused on supporting a healthy wolf population and minimizing depredations. LRB 1781 works against this plan by requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a numeric statewide wolf population goal. This undermines the ability of the DNR to balance multiple goals and respond to the changing populations.

Co-sponsor LRB 4048: Protecting incarcerated Wisconsinites from extreme temperatures

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support 4048, which is circulating for co-sponsorship. 

As Wisconsin faces an increasing number of climate change-related heat waves, we must protect all residents from the health risks associated with extreme temperatures. LRB 4048 would ensure that people in our correctional institutions, county jails, and houses of correction receive those protections.

Co-Sponsor LRB 4050: Protecting incarcerated Wisconsinites’ right to the outdoors

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support LRB 4050, which is circulating for co-sponsorship. 

Every person deserves access to the benefits of nature. Research has demonstrated that access to natural settings help increase mental health benefits, which would have a positive impact on staff and incarcerated individuals. LRB 4050 would ensure every person has access to time outside.

Co-sponsor LRB 5495: Capping utility bills

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support LRB 5495, which is circulating for co-sponsorship. 

Energy to heat our homes, keep our lights on, and our appliances running is an essential need for Wisconsinites. Unfortunately, energy rates have exceeded the ability to afford this essential service for too many families. LRB 5495 would cap utility bills for households experiencing high energy burden and prohibit utilities from disconnecting utility service for lack of payment for those under a certain income.

Conservation Notices of the Week (CNOW) announces the pro-conservation positions on issues before the Senate, Assembly and/or Governor in the week ahead to state legislators. Others wishing to follow activities in the state legislature also receive CNOW, including legislative staff, conservation voters, and media. All of these issues are tracked on the Vote Tracker. Issues in the CNOW may appear in the Conservation Scorecard, to be released in the summer of 2026.

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