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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 387

The homestead exemption and increases in the value of the exemption for various property that is exempt from execution

Topics: Administration, Department of: Agency and general functions, Homestead: Exemption, Marriage

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Sep 22, 2009, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Aug 18, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Sep 22, 2009

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, a debtor's interest in certain property and the value of certain property are exempt from execution, from the lien of every judgment, and from liability for the debtor's debts, allowing the debtor to keep that property rather than have the property taken to pay the amounts owed to creditors. This bill raises the value of some of the property that is exempt as shown by the following table:

- See PDF for table The bill also allows a person who does not take an exemption for business equipment, inventory, farm products, or professional books to take an exemption of any interest the debtor has in a closely held business, up to a maximum amount of $15,000.

Read the full summary

In addition, the bill requires the Department of Administration every three years, beginning in January 2011, to adjust the exemption for the debtor's homestead, currently set at $40,000, to reflect the change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers for the previous three-year period. Current law extends the homestead exemption to land owned by a husband and wife jointly or in common and allows either to claim the exemption or to divide the exemption between them. The bill allows the husband and wife to each claim a homestead exemption of not more than the adjusted $40,000 amount.

Who's behind it

17 lawmakers are its ⁠. 16 are Democrats. 1 has no party on record.

8 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 25 names

Authors (17)

Signed on in support (8)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics vote on an amendment

Passed, 9 to 1 · Sep 16, 2009

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 3 adoption recommended by committee on Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 9, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate Committee on Judiciary vote to recommend it

Passed, 4 to 1 · Oct 29, 2009

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing, Ayes 4, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 29, 2009

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 1.

  3. Sep 24, 2009

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.

  4. Sep 23, 2009

    “Printed engrossed by the direction of the Senate Chief Clerk” (the official wording)

  5. Sep 23, 2009

    The Senate received it.

  6. Sep 22, 2009

    The Assembly passed it.

  7. Sep 22, 2009

    The Assembly adopted it.

  8. Sep 16, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  9. Sep 16, 2009

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 1.

  10. Aug 27, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  11. Aug 26, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  12. Aug 25, 2009

    The committee held a public hearing.

  13. Aug 18, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics.

  14. Aug 18, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 18, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hebl, Sherman, Roys, Berceau, Clark, Pope-Roberts, Richards, Turner, Molepske Jr., Smith, Hintz, Grigsby, Hilgenberg, Hixson, Kessler, Dexter and Danou;Cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Lehman, Miller, Vinehout, Lassa, Risser, Robson and Holperin

  2. Aug 18, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Ethics

  3. Aug 25, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Aug 26, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Aug 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Sep 4, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Gundrum

  7. Sep 8, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Hebl

  8. Sep 9, 2009 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Sep 9, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 3 offered by committee on Judiciary and Ethics

  10. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 3 adoption recommended by committee on Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 9, Noes 1

  11. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 9, Noes 1

  12. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  13. Sep 17, 2009 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 9-22-2009 by committee on Rules

  14. Sep 22, 2009 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Sep 22, 2009 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 3 adopted

  16. Sep 22, 2009 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Sep 22, 2009 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Sep 22, 2009 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  19. Sep 22, 2009 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Sep 23, 2009 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Sep 23, 2009 · Senate

    Printed engrossed by the direction of the Senate Chief Clerk

  22. Sep 24, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing

  23. Sep 24, 2009 · Senate

    LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 3)

  24. Oct 29, 2009 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  25. Oct 29, 2009 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  26. Oct 29, 2009 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  27. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary

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

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

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

More in the glossary

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary