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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 695

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Relating to: creating a landlord fire prevention grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Administration department of — Budget and fiscal issues Fire Landlord and tenant

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Administration to establish a program to award grants to landlords to assist with the costs of implementing fire prevention and suppression measures in residential buildings. Measures a grant could be awarded for include installing fire sprinklers in a building and providing fire extinguishers in residential units. The bill directs DOA to establish the application procedures for, and terms and conditions of, receiving a grant, with grants awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Under the bill, a grant may not exceed 50 percent of the landlord’s costs for the fire prevention and suppression measures, and the total amount of grants that may be awarded under the program is $10,000,000.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Goodwin (D) , Haywood (D) , Neubauer (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D) , Vining (D)

9 cosponsors

Drake (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 5

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Full history

  1. Nov 26, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Arney, Andraca, Sinicki, Bare, Brown, DeSmidt, Emerson, Goodwin, Haywood, Neubauer, Roe, Sheehan, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio and Vining; cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Drake, Larson, Ratcliff, Smith and Wirch

  2. Nov 26, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate

  3. Feb 6, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1