Senate Bill 666
Rights of tenants to organize and engage in certain activities and providing a penalty. (FE)
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.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 9, 2023
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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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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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. 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill specifies certain activities that tenants and tenant organizers are allowed to engage in. A “tenant organizer” is defined in the bill as a person who assists tenants in establishing and operating a tenant organization. The bill defines a “tenant organization” as an organization made up of tenants that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of communicating with landlords concerning grievances, disputes, rent increases, or other terms or conditions of tenancy.
Under the bill, a landlord or landlord's agent may not interfere with a tenant or tenant organizer who is engaging in any of the activities protected under the bill;
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restrict a tenant organizer's access to rental premises in a manner contrary to the requirements under the bill; discriminate or retaliate against a tenant or tenant organizer for engaging in any of the protected activities, or threaten to do so;
interfere with or delay any investigations into violations of the provisions of the bill;
or attend or make an audio recording of any tenant organization meeting.
The bill specifies that a tenant has a right to join, meet with, or assist other tenants; confer with a landlord through a representative of the tenant's choosing;
and engage in concerted activities with other tenants for the purpose of mutually aiding or protecting tenants.
The bill further specifies that a tenant or tenant organizer has the right to distribute literature relating to landlord and tenant issues in common areas of rental premises; place literature relating to landlord and tenant issues at or under tenants' doors; post literature relating to landlord and tenant issues on any bulletin boards in common areas of rental premises; assist tenants in participating in tenant organization activities; convene tenant meetings or tenant organization meetings at any reasonable time in any tenant's unit or common area of the rental premises;
formulate responses to landlord actions, including rent increases, proposed changes in facilities and services, and conversion of residential units to nonresidential use;
propose that the landlord modify the rental premises' facilities and services; and engage in any other activity reasonably related to the establishment or operation of a tenant organization.
Under the bill, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is required to investigate alleged violations of the bill's provisions. A person who violates the bill's provisions is subject to a civil forfeiture of not more than $10,000 for each violation. In addition, a tenant who is injured by a violation of the bill's provisions may bring a civil action to recover damages and reasonable attorney fees.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Democrats.
18 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (18)
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 9, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.
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Nov 9, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 9, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Larson, Hesselbein, Spreitzer and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives J. Anderson, Hong, Clancy, Joers, Madison, Palmeri, Baldeh, Billings, Cabrera, Conley, Drake, Emerson, Moore Omokunde, Ohnstad, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass and Stubbs
- Nov 9, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
- Apr 15, 2024 · Senate
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.
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. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor