Senate Bill 73
Real estate disclosure reports
Became law
The governor signed it on Dec 6, 2021. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Feb 5, 2021
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Sep 28, 2021
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Oct 26, 2021
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2021 Wisconsin Act 96
Latest entry in the official record, Dec 6, 2021: “Published 12-4-2021”
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Wisconsin Act
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Official term: Act. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
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
6 senators are its . 5 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
20 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (20)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- 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
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Housing vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Aug 12, 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, Commerce and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Dec 6, 2021
The new law was published.
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Dec 6, 2021
The governor signed it. It became 2021 Wisconsin Act 96.
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Dec 2, 2021
Sent to the governor.
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Oct 26, 2021
The Assembly passed it too.
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Oct 21, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Sep 28, 2021
The Assembly received it.
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Sep 28, 2021
The Senate passed it.
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Aug 12, 2021
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Jun 15, 2021
The committee held a public hearing.
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May 26, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 5, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade.
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Feb 5, 2021
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 5, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Felzkowski, Feyen, Marklein, Nass and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Horlacher, Allen, Brandtjen, Brooks, Callahan, Dittrich, Gundrum, Jagler, Knodl, Krug, Kurtz, Moses, Murphy, Ortiz-Velez, Plumer, Ramthun, Skowronski, Wichgers and Zimmerman
- Feb 5, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade
- May 26, 2021 · Senate
Representative Drake added as a cosponsor
- Jun 15, 2021 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Aug 12, 2021 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Aug 12, 2021 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Aug 12, 2021 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Sep 24, 2021 · Senate
Placed on calendar 9-28-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Sep 28, 2021 · Senate
Read a second time
- Sep 28, 2021 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Sep 28, 2021 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Sep 28, 2021 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Sep 28, 2021 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Sep 28, 2021 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 10-26-2021 by Committee on Rules
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Oct 26, 2021 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 27, 2021 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Nov 2, 2021 · Senate
LRB correction
- Nov 2, 2021 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Dec 2, 2021 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 12-2-2021
- Dec 6, 2021 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 12-3-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 96
- Dec 6, 2021 · Senate
Published 12-4-2021
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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