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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Senate Bill 665

The operation of tourist rooming houses

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

    Nov 9, 2023

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry. 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 prohibits a person from conducting, maintaining, managing, or operating a tourist rooming house for more than 90 days in a year.

Under current law, no person may conduct, maintain, or operate a tourist rooming house if the person has not been issued an annual license by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection or a local health department acting for the department. A “tourist rooming house” is defined as any lodging place or tourist cabin or cottage where sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to tourists or transients. The definition does not include hotels or bed and breakfast establishments.

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Also under current law, a political subdivision may limit the total number of days within any consecutive 365-day period that a residential dwelling may be rented to no fewer than 180 days. This bill prohibits political subdivisions from limiting the total number days that a residential dwelling may be rented to no more than 90 days.

Who's behind it

2 senators are its ⁠. All 2 are Democrats.

16 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (2)

Signed on in support (16)

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Nov 9, 2023

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.

  3. Nov 9, 2023

    Introduced in the Senate.

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  1. Nov 9, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Larson and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Palmeri, J. Anderson, Clancy, Jacobson, Joers, Madison, Ratcliff, Baldeh, Cabrera, Drake, Emerson, Moore Omokunde, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass and Stubbs

  2. Nov 9, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry

  3. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    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