Assembly Bill 57
Regulation of home inspectors, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 10, 2021
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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 does the following related to regulation of home inspectors:
1. Modifies the definition of what is considered to be a “defect,” for purposes of a report submitted by a home inspector to a client. The bill also makes modifications to what the report is required to contain, including by adding a number of required elements and statements for the report, such as a summary page with required statements, and requiring defects to be labeled as defects if they satisfy the legal definition of defect.
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2. Requires, in order to be granted a home inspector registration, that an individual complete 40 hours of instruction. Current law generally requires a person to be registered with the Department of Safety and Professional Services to act as a home inspector, use the title “home inspector,” or represent himself or herself to be a home inspector.
3. Exempts newly registered home inspectors from continuing education requirements for the first two renewals of a registration. Current DSPS rules exempt newly registered home inspectors from continuing education requirements for the first renewal of a registration.
4. Provides for reciprocal registration of home inspectors licensed in other states who have comparable or more stringent requirements.
5. Repeals a provision allowing DSPS to use an alternative professional discipline procedure for home inspectors.
Who's behind it
6 representatives are its . 5 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform vote to recommend it
Passed, 9 to 0 · Mar 11, 2021
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 25, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 11, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 11, 2021
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.
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Feb 24, 2021
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 17, 2021 to Feb 24, 2021
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 17, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 10, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform.
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Feb 10, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 10, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Brooks, Gundrum, Allen, Moses, Skowronski and Ortiz-Velez; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Cowles and Bewley
- Feb 10, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform
- Feb 17, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 17, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Callahan added as a coauthor
- Feb 24, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Brostoff added as a coauthor
- Feb 24, 2021 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 3, 2021 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 3-17-2021 by Committee on Rules
- Mar 15, 2021 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brooks
- Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- May 25, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Drake added as a coauthor
- Mar 15, 2022 · 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote