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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 314

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Relating to: adverse possession against the state or a political subdivision. (FE)

Land — Registration of title Public land

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, a person may not obtain title to or an interest in real property

belonging to the state or a political subdivision based on adverse possession or use.

In other words, this bill prohibits adverse possession and prescriptive easements

against real property owned by the state or a political subdivision. The bill provides

that this prohibition applies retroactively to adverse possession or use that began

before the effective date of the bill, but does not apply to a person who obtained title

to or an interest in the real property based on adverse possession or use on or before

the effective date of the bill.

Under current law, a person may obtain title to or an interest in real property

belonging to the state or a political subdivision only if the person adversely possesses

or uses the property for more than 20 years and the claim is based on a continuously

maintained fence line which has been mutually agreed upon by the land owners.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Kapenga (R) , Lassa (D) , Marklein (R) , Miller (D) , Ringhand (D)

23 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Edming (R) , Gannon (R) , Hesselbein (D) , Johnson (D) , Kahl (D) , Katsma (R) , Kessler (D) , Kitchens (R) , Murphy (R) , Novak (R) , Pope (D) , R. Brooks (R) , Ripp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Dec 18, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Dec 18, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 14, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Marklein, Cowles, Kapenga, Lassa, Miller and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives R. Brooks, Sargent, Berceau, Billings, Edming, Gannon, Hesselbein, Johnson, Kahl, Katsma, Kessler, Kitchens, Murphy, Novak, A. Ott, Pope, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Sinicki, Skowronski, Steffen and Subeck

  2. Oct 14, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection

  3. Nov 18, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Nov 24, 2015 · Senate

    Representative Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  5. Dec 2, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Marklein

  6. Dec 17, 2015 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Dec 18, 2015 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Dec 18, 2015 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Dec 18, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Jan 11, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-12-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Jan 11, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  12. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  16. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  19. Jan 15, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  20. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-9-2016 by Committee on Rules

  21. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  22. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  23. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  25. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  26. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Feb 10, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  28. Feb 25, 2016 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  29. Feb 25, 2016 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-25-2016

  30. Mar 2, 2016 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-1-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 219

  31. Mar 2, 2016 · Senate

    Published 3-2-2016