Assembly Bill 341
Grace period for late rent payments by tenants receiving military housing allowances. (FE)
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
Jul 16, 2019
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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 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. 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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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, if a tenant is late in paying rent, the landlord may give the tenant a notice that requires the tenant to pay rent or vacate within at least five days after the notice is given (a five-day notice). If the tenant fails to pay the rent by that date, the tenancy is terminated.
Under the bill, if a landlord gives a tenant a five-day notice for failure to pay rent, the tenancy does not terminate if: 1) the tenant receives a housing allowance from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and notified the landlord of this fact at the time of starting the tenancy or entering into the lease; 2) within five days after the landlord gives the five-day notice, the tenant provides the landlord with documentation showing that issuance of the tenant's current housing allowance is delayed; and 3) the tenant pays the delinquent rent payment within 30 days after the landlord gives the five-day notice.
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Under current law, a landlord is not required to give a five-day notice to a month-to-month tenant who is late in paying rent, but may instead give the month-to-month tenant a notice requiring the tenant to vacate within at least 14 days after the notice is given (a 14-day notice), without the option to cure by paying rent. For a year-to-year tenant or a tenant under a lease for a term of one year or less, if the landlord has previously given the tenant a five-day notice for failure to pay rent and, within one year, the tenant is again late in paying rent, the landlord may give the tenant a 14-day notice to vacate.
Under the bill, if a landlord gives a month-to-month tenant a 14-day notice to vacate, the tenancy does not terminate if the three requirements listed above are met, and if the tenant has not received a five-day or 14-day notice for failure to pay rent in the previous 12 months. The bill does not affect a landlord's ability to give a 14-day notice to a year-to-year tenant or a tenant under a lease for a term of one year or less who has received a five-day notice in the previous year.
The bill also prohibits a landlord from charging a late fee if all of the applicable requirements described above have been met.
Who's behind it
31 lawmakers are its . 20 are Democrats and 11 are Republicans.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (31)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Staush Gruszynski · Democrat, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Tip McGuire · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Aug 16, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jul 30, 2019
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jul 16, 2019
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.
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Jul 16, 2019
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jul 16, 2019 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Gruszynski, Skowronski, Anderson, Billings, Brandtjen, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Edming, Emerson, Haywood, Horlacher, Jagler, James, Kolste, Kurtz, Magnafici, McGuire, Milroy, Mursau, L. Myers, Ohnstad, Riemer, Shankland, Sinicki, Spiros, Spreitzer, Stubbs, C. Taylor and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Cowles, Jacque, Ringhand, L. Taylor, Wanggaard and Wirch
- Jul 16, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Jul 30, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Bowen added as a coauthor
- Aug 16, 2019 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 1, 2020 · 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
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