Assembly Bill 155
Prohibiting ordinances that place certain limits on landlords
Topics: County: Ordinance, Landlord and tenant, Municipality: Ordinance, Town: Laws, Village: Ordinance
Stopped in committee
It never got a , 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
May 25, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Housing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Public hearing
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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
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Author
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill prohibits a city, village, town, or county from enacting an ordinance that does any of the following with respect to a residential landlord: 1) prohibits or limits the landlord from obtaining or using various types of information about a tenant or prospective tenant, such as household income, occupation, court records, rental history, and credit information; 2) limits how far back in time a prospective tenant's credit information, conviction record, or previous housing may be considered by the landlord; or 3) prohibits the landlord from showing a rental property to a prospective tenant, or from entering into a rental agreement for a rental property with a prospective tenant, while the current tenant is living there.
Who's behind it
12 lawmakers are its . All 12 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Dean Knudson · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Michelle Litjens · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 25, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Housing.
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May 25, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- May 25, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Vos, Bernier, Bies, Honadel, Knudson, LeMahieu, Mursau, Spanbauer, Strachota, Steineke, Jacque and Litjens;Cosponsored by Senators Lasee, Galloway and Schultz
- May 25, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Housing
- Mar 23, 2012 · 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
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