Assembly Bill 499
Exempting certain one- and two-family dwellings from the requirements of having smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors and from standards and rules relating to plumbing
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
Nov 8, 2013
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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, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law requires that owners of one- and two-family dwellings (family dwellings) install smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors in those dwellings.
Current law also requires that owners of family dwellings be in compliance with the standards related to plumbing that are promulgated as rules by the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS).
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This bill exempts family dwellings that are not wired for electrical service from the requirements for smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. The bill also exempts a family dwelling from the standards promulgated as rules by DSPS related to plumbing if the dwelling does not have an indoor toilet and does not have any system to dispose of toilet waste.
Who's behind it
9 lawmakers are its . All 9 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (9)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Mary Czaja · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Erik Severson · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 8, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
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Nov 8, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 8, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Bernier, Czaja, Jacque, Petersen, T. Larson, Craig, Thiesfeldt, Severson and Loudenbeck; cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Grothman and Vinehout
- Nov 8, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate
- Feb 24, 2014 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Bernier
- Apr 8, 2014 · 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