Senate Bill 845
The rights of members of homeowners' associations and housing cooperatives to display political signs
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
Feb 20, 2020
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Utilities and Housing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill prohibits a homeowners' association and a housing cooperative from restricting or preventing a member from displaying a political sign on property in which the member has a property interest or a right to exclusive use. Under the bill, a political sign is a sign that supports or opposes a candidate for public office or a referendum question.
Current law prohibits homeowners' associations and housing cooperatives from restricting or preventing a member of the association or cooperative from displaying the United States flag on property in which the member has a property interest or a right to exclusive use. However, current law does allow homeowners' associations and housing cooperatives to impose reasonable restrictions on the time, place, or manner of displaying the United States flag that is necessary to protect a substantial interest of the homeowners' association or housing cooperative. The bill extends this exception to allow a homeowners' association and a housing cooperative to impose reasonable restrictions on the time, place, or manner of displaying political signs if necessary to protect the substantial interest of the homeowners' association or housing cooperative.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Republicans.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (11)
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 20, 2020
Sent to the Senate Committee on Utilities and Housing.
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Feb 20, 2020
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 20, 2020 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Darling and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Ott, Subeck, Brostoff, Dittrich, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Magnafici, Schraa, Sortwell, Thiesfeldt and Wittke
- Feb 20, 2020 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Housing
- Apr 1, 2020 · Senate
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