Assembly Bill 65
Real estate disclosure reports
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 12, 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
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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
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. 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.
Under current law, with certain exceptions, an owner selling residential real property or vacant land must give a prospective buyer a form, known as a real estate condition report for residential real property and known as the vacant land disclosure report for vacant land (real estate condition report), on which the owner discloses certain conditions of, and other information about, the real property.
Current law provides that if a prospective buyer does not receive a real estate condition report within ten days after a contract of sale or option contract (contract) is accepted, the prospective buyer may rescind the contract by delivering written notice to the owner. Under the bill, a prospective buyer who rescinds a contract under such circumstances is also entitled to the return of any deposits or option fees the prospective buyer paid as part of the transaction.
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Under current law, a prospective buyer is entitled to a completed copy of a real estate condition report, and if the buyer receives an incomplete report, the buyer may rescind the contract and is entitled to any deposits or option fees the buyer has paid as part of the transaction. The bill specifies that a real estate condition report is considered complete only if the seller has completed or otherwise provided information for each item on the report.
Finally, the bill adds to the real estate condition report forms a requirement that the owner must indicate whether the owner is a foreign person for purposes of federal taxation.
Who's behind it
19 lawmakers are its . 18 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (19)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
- Shannon Zimmerman · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate vote to recommend it
Passed, 9 to 0 · Oct 21, 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 Housing and Real Estate, 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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Oct 21, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Oct 21, 2021
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.
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May 25, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 18, 2021
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 12, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
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Feb 12, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 12, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Horlacher, Allen, Brandtjen, Brooks, Callahan, Dittrich, Gundrum, Jagler, Knodl, Krug, Kurtz, Moses, Murphy, Ortiz-Velez, Plumer, Ramthun, Skowronski, Wichgers and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Ballweg, Felzkowski, Feyen, Marklein, Nass and L. Taylor
- Feb 12, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate
- Mar 18, 2021 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- May 25, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Drake added as a coauthor
- Aug 25, 2021 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 10-26-2021 by Committee on Rules
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- 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
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote