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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Senate Bill 726

Rent abatement for tenants and granting rule-making authority. (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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Nov 21, 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.

Under current law, generally, if a leased property is damaged or has a condition that is hazardous to the health or safety of the tenant, the tenant is entitled to abate rent to the extent that the tenant is deprived of the full normal use of the leased property. This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to promulgate rules that specify items for which a tenant may be entitled to rent abatement and the amount of abatement a tenant would be entitled to for each item.

Who's behind it

4 senators are its ⁠. All 4 are Democrats.

20 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 24 names

Authors (4)

Signed on in support (20)

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Nov 21, 2023

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

  3. Nov 21, 2023

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Nov 21, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Roys, L. Johnson, Spreitzer and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives J. Anderson, Hong, Moore Omokunde, C. Anderson, Clancy, Jacobson, Joers, Madison, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Baldeh, Cabrera, Conley, Drake, Emerson, Ohnstad, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass and Stubbs

  2. Nov 21, 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.

More in the glossary

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