Assembly Bill 654
Contracting with residential contractors
Topics: Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of, Consumer protection, Contractor, Contracts, Housing, Insurance: Miscellaneous, Insurance: Policy, Trade practice
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
Mar 2, 2012
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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 Consumer Protection and Personal Privacy. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill prohibits a contractor from promising to pay or rebate all or any portion of a property insurance deductible as an incentive for entering into certain contracts with a "consumer," which the bill defines as an owner or possessor of residential property containing four dwelling units or less. The contracts that are subject to the bill are written or oral contracts for doing any of the following activities: 1) repairing or replacing a roof system or 2) performing any other exterior repair, replacement, construction, or reconstruction of the residential property.
The bill also allows such a consumer to cancel a written contract with a contractor for the above activities if all or part of the activities is to be paid under a property insurance policy and the insured receives written notice from the insurer that all or any part of the claim or contract is not a covered loss under the policy. The bill permits a consumer to make such a cancellation prior to the end of the fifth business day after the insured receives the written notice from the insurer. Also, the consumer must give the contractor a written notice of cancellation by personal delivery or 1st class mail. The bill provides that the written notice of cancellation is sufficient if the consumer uses a form specified in the bill or provides other written notice indicating the consumer's intent not to be bound by the contract. Within ten days after a contractor receives the written notice of cancellation, the bill requires the contractor to return to the consumer any payment, deposit, and note or other evidence of indebtedness related to the contract. However, if the contractor has performed any emergency services which the consumer has acknowledged in writing to be necessary to prevent damage to the residential property, the bill provides that the contractor is entitled to the reasonable value of those services.
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The bill also does the following:
1. Requires a contractor to furnish a written statement to a consumer prior to entering into a contract for the above activities that describes the bill's provisions allowing a consumer to cancel the contract.
2. Prohibits a contractor from representing or negotiating on behalf of a consumer, as defined in the bill, with respect to any insurance claim related to the above activities.
3. Specifies that a violation of the bill is an unfair trade practice that is subject to the enforcement authority of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) under current law.
4. Subjects a person who violates the bill to a fine of not more than $200, imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both, which are penalties that apply to certain other violations of current law enforced by DATCP.
Who's behind it
4 representatives are its . 3 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 6, 2012
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 2, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection and Personal Privacy.
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Mar 2, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Krug, Nygren, Spanbauer and Vruwink;Cosponsored by Senators Olsen and Taylor
- Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Consumer Protection and Personal Privacy
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Representative Staskunas added as a coauthor
- 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