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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Senate Bill 41

Lead testing and disclosures for certain rental properties

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 15, 2017

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism, by the Senate President, pursuant to Senate Rule 20(1)(c). See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires that a landlord conduct a test for lead for each water supply or plumbing system serving a premises prior to entering into a rental agreement with a prospective tenant for that premises. Under the bill, the landlord must disclose the results of the test for lead and disclose whether any water supply or plumbing system serving the premises contains lead pipes or lead service lines. If lead is detected by the test or there are lead pipes or lead service lines serving the premises, the landlord must provide the prospective tenant with the pamphlet published by the Department of Natural Resources that describes the risks of lead in drinking water.

The bill provides that if a landlord fails to fulfill any of the obligations regarding testing, disclosure, or providing the pamphlet, the rental agreement for that premises is void and unenforceable in its entirety.

Who's behind it

4 senators are its ⁠. All 4 are Democrats.

18 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 22 names

Authors (4)

Signed on in support (18)

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jan 26, 2018

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism, by the Senate President,.

  3. Feb 17, 2017 to Feb 23, 2017

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  4. Feb 15, 2017

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing and Trade.

  5. Feb 15, 2017

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 15, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Johnson, Carpenter, C. Larson and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives C. Taylor, Mason, Ohnstad, Anderson, Kessler, Sargent, Brostoff, Crowley, Berceau, Goyke, Bowen, Zepnick, Wachs, Fields, Zamarripa and Sinicki

  2. Feb 15, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing and Trade

  3. Feb 17, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Pope added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 23, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Stuck added as a cosponsor

  5. Jan 26, 2018 · Senate

    Rereferred to committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism, by the Senate President, pursuant to Senate Rule 20(1)(c)

  6. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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

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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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

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