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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 442

Notifying owners of residential elevators of possible defects and remedies

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

    Jul 12, 2021

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate. 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 a person who, at any time during the previous 20 years, manufactured, sold, constructed, installed, altered, maintained, repaired, or inspected an elevator or dumbwaiter that serves an individual residential dwelling unit (residential elevator) to send a notification no later than July 1, 2023, to the owner of the dwelling unit that describes all defects of which the person is aware that may apply to the residential elevator and a description of the remedies for the defects of which the person is aware.

Who's behind it

9 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 9 are Democrats.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 10 names

Authors (9)

Signed on in support (1)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jul 12, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate.

  3. Jul 12, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jul 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives L. Myers, Vruwink, Baldeh, Cabrera, Sinicki, Hesselbein, Subeck, Snodgrass and Drake; cosponsored by Senator L. Taylor

  2. Jul 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

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

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor