Assembly Bill 189
Increasing the amount of the homestead exemption
Topics: Homestead: Exemption
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 2, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a circuit court may order a sheriff to seize a debtor's property and sell as much of the nonexempt property as is necessary to pay the amount owed under a judgment that a creditor has obtained from the court. This process is known as an "execution." Currently, certain items are exempt from execution, including $40,000 of the value of a person's homestead. A "homestead" is defined under current law as a dwelling, and so much of the land surrounding it as is reasonably necessary for use of the dwelling as a home.
This bill increases the amount of a homestead's value that is exempt from $40,000 to $75,000.
Who's behind it
10 representatives are its . 9 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Annette Williams · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Spencer Black · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Russell Decker · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 4 · Apr 23, 2009
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 6, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 23, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 23, 2009
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 4.
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Apr 14, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 2, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics.
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Apr 2, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 2, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hebl, Black, Berceau, Pope-Roberts, Turner, A. Williams, Zepnick, Fields, Spanbauer and Molepske Jr.;Cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Holperin, Lehman, Miller, Decker, Erpenbach, Wirch and Vinehout
- Apr 2, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Ethics
- Apr 14, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 21, 2009 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 23, 2009 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 6, Noes 4
- Apr 23, 2009 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote