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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Senate Bill 160

Increasing the amount of the homestead exemption

Topics: Homestead: Exemption

Passed the Senate, then stopped

The Senate passed it on Sep 15, 2009, but the Assembly never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Apr 8, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Sep 15, 2009

  4. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Assembly 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 ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Rules. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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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 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

8 senators are its ⁠. All 8 are Democrats.

11 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 19 names

Authors (8)

Signed on in support (11)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Senate Committee on Judiciary vote to recommend it

Passed, 4 to 1 · Aug 25, 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, 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. Sep 16, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Sep 16, 2009

    The Assembly received it.

  4. Sep 15, 2009

    The Senate passed it.

  5. Sep 15, 2009

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  6. Aug 25, 2009

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

  7. Apr 14, 2009

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

  8. Apr 8, 2009

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.

  9. Apr 8, 2009

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 8, 2009 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Taylor, Holperin, Lehman, Miller, Decker, Erpenbach, Wirch and Vinehout;Cosponsored by Representatives Hebl, Black, Berceau, Pope-Roberts, Turner, A. Williams, Zepnick, Fields, Spanbauer and Molepske Jr.

  2. Apr 8, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue

  3. Apr 14, 2009 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue and rereferred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing, pursuant to Senate Rule 46 (2)(c)

  4. Aug 18, 2009 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Aug 25, 2009 · Senate

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

  6. Aug 25, 2009 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Sep 8, 2009 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 9-15-2009 by committee on Senate Organization

  8. Sep 15, 2009 · Senate

    Senator Lassa added as a coauthor

  9. Sep 15, 2009 · Senate

    Read a second time

  10. Sep 15, 2009 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Sep 15, 2009 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  12. Sep 15, 2009 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Sep 15, 2009 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Sep 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    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

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

Roll call

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

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary