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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Senate Bill 516

Local airports and the process for enacting aerial approach ordinances. (FE)

Became law

The governor signed it on Apr 17, 2014. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 24, 2014

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Mar 11, 2014

  4. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Mar 20, 2014

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2013 Wisconsin Act 297

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 17, 2014: “Published 4-17-2014”

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What it does

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 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).

To initiate the adoption of an aerial approach ordinance, one of the following must hold at least one public hearing after giving the public notice and formulate a tentative ordinance: 1) if a county owns the airport, the county park commission or, if the county has a county executive or county administrator, the county park manager, except that if there is no such commission or manager, a committee of the governing body of the county; 2) if a city or village owns the airport, the city or village plan commission or, if there is no such commission, a committee of the governing body of the city or village; or 3) if a town owns the airport, a committee of the governing body of the town.

Read the full summary

Under this bill, an aerial approach ordinance is always initiated by a committee of the governing body of the county or municipality that owns the airport, which, as under current law, must hold at least one public hearing after giving notice and formulate a tentative ordinance.

Who's behind it

2 senators are its ⁠. All 2 are Republicans.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (2)

Signed on in support (7)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Senate Committee on Economic Development and Local Government vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 19, 2014

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 Economic Development and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 17, 2014

    The new law was published.

  2. Apr 17, 2014

    The governor signed it. It became 2013 Wisconsin Act 297.

  3. Apr 16, 2014

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Mar 20, 2014

    The Assembly passed it too.

  5. Mar 18, 2014

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  6. Mar 12, 2014

    The Assembly received it.

  7. Mar 11, 2014

    The Senate passed it.

  8. Feb 19, 2014

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.

  9. Feb 19, 2014

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  10. Feb 13, 2014

    The committee held a public hearing.

  11. Jan 24, 2014

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Local Government.

  12. Jan 24, 2014

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 24, 2014 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Gudex and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Schraa, Thiesfeldt, Bies, A. Ott, Krug, Bernier and Spiros

  2. Jan 24, 2014 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development and Local Government

  3. Feb 13, 2014 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Mar 7, 2014 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-11-2014 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Read a second time

  10. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  12. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Mar 12, 2014 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:40 AM on 3-20-2014 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28

  17. Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  21. Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Mar 21, 2014 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  23. Mar 26, 2014 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  24. Apr 16, 2014 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-15-2014

  25. Apr 17, 2014 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-16-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 297

  26. Apr 17, 2014 · Senate

    Published 4-17-2014

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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

Roll call

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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

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Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

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

Roll call

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

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary