Senate Bill 265
Local airports and authority to enact aerial approach ordinances
Topics: Airport, County: Ordinance, Interstate relations, Municipality: Ordinance
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
Oct 28, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 sat with the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections.
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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
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Signed on in support
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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 current law, any county or city, village, or town (municipality) in this state may own and operate airports or airport facilities, such as landing fields or take-off strips, or spaceports or spaceport facilities (collectively "airports"), either within or outside the limits of the county or municipality. A county or municipality in this state may also own and operate airports in an adjoining state the laws of which permit reciprocal privileges. A county, municipality, or other political subdivision in an adjoining state may own and operate airports in this state if the laws of the adjoining state permit reciprocal privileges. If a county, municipality, or other political subdivision in an adjoining state owns and operates an airport in this state, this state's laws apply with respect to the airport (except laws relating to financing the project), and the county, municipality, or other political subdivision in the adjoining state has all privileges, rights, and duties that would apply to a county or municipality in this state, including the right of eminent domain.
Also under current law, a county or municipality that owns an airport may protect the aerial approaches to the airport by adopting an ordinance regulating, restricting, and determining the use, location, height, number of stories, and size of buildings and structures and objects of natural growth in the vicinity of the airport (within three miles of an airport or five miles of a spaceport). An ordinance adopted under this authority is effective whether the airport and lands affected by the ordinance are located within or outside the limits of the county or municipality. The ordinance may be adopted, enforced, and administered without the consent of any other local governing body.
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This bill specifies that a county, municipality, or other political subdivision in an adjoining state that owns and operates an airport in this state does not have authority to enact an aerial approach ordinance regulating, restricting, and determining the use, location, height, number of stories, and size of buildings and structures and objects of natural growth in the vicinity of the airport.
Who's behind it
Sheila Harsdorf, a Republican, is its .
2 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (2)
- Dean Knudson · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 29, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 31, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 28, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections.
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Oct 28, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 28, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Harsdorf;Cosponsored by Representatives Knudson and Petryk
- Oct 28, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Elections
- Oct 31, 2011 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Nov 29, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
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