Assembly Bill 243
Delaying the implementation date of the comprehensive planning statute for certain local governmental units
Topics: Land use planning and control, Municipality: Planning
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 30, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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 ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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 the current law commonly known as the "Smart Growth" statute, if a city, village, town, county, or regional planning commission (local governmental unit) creates a development plan or master plan (comprehensive plan) or amends an existing comprehensive plan, the plan must contain certain planning elements. The required planning elements include the following: housing; transportation; utilities and community facilities; agricultural, natural, and cultural resources; economic development; land use; and intergovernmental cooperation.
Under current law, beginning on January 1, 2010, certain actions of a local governmental unit that affect land use must be consistent with that local governmental unit's comprehensive plan. The actions to which this requirement applies are official mapping, local subdivision regulation, and zoning ordinances, including zoning of shorelands or wetlands in shorelands. Also under current law, beginning on January 1, 2010, if a local governmental unit engages in any of these specified actions, the comprehensive plan must contain at least all of the required planning elements.
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This bill delays the implementation date in current law from January 1, 2010, until January 1, 2012, but only for a local governmental unit that has not enacted a comprehensive plan that takes effect on January 1, 2010, and that take certain steps towards meeting the consistency requirement. The local government unit must adopt a resolution before January 1, 2010, that commits the local government unit to enacting a comprehensive plan that will take effect on or before January 1, 2012, and the local government must have applied for but not yet received, or must have decided not to apply for, a grant under a program administered by the Department of Administration that provides funding for local planning activities.
Who's behind it
7 representatives are its . 3 are Democrats, 3 are Republicans and 1 is a Independent.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Hubler · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Pat Kreitlow · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- John Steinbrink · Democrat, Assembly
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 17, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 27, 2009
1 more representative signed on in support.
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May 27, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 26, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 22, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 30, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
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Apr 30, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 30, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hubler, Ziegelbauer, Berceau, Brooks, Mursau, Vruwink and Murtha;Cosponsored by Senators Holperin, Schultz, Kreitlow and Vinehout
- Apr 30, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Urban and Local Affairs
- May 22, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- May 26, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- May 27, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly
Representative Steinbrink added as a coauthor
- Nov 17, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate