Assembly Bill 671
A study of redundancies in legal requirements for new housing construction. (FE)
Topics: Administration, Department of: Agency and general functions, Housing
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 19, 2025
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate. The committee's chair at the time was Rob Brooks. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 663. That version died when the session ended.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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 requires the Department of Administration to conduct a study of redundancies among federal, state, and local requirements for the construction of new housing, including one-family and two-family dwellings and multifamily housing. The bill requires DOA to submit a report to the legislature no later than one year after the effective date of the bill regarding the results of the study and legislative recommendations for remedying redundancies.
Who's behind it
16 representatives are its . 10 are Republicans and 6 are Democrats.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Amanda Nedweski · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Jim Piwowarczyk · Republican, Assembly
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 23, 2026 to Mar 20, 2026
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jan 13, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 9, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Nov 19, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
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Nov 19, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, Rivera-Wagner, Duchow, Goodwin, Green, Kitchens, Kreibich, Melotik, Miresse, Murphy, Nedweski, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Snodgrass and Stroud; cosponsored by Senator Quinn
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate
- Dec 9, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor
- Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 23, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Doyle added as a coauthor
- Feb 20, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Sheehan added as a coauthor
- Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · 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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate