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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 871

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: constructing laterals and service pipes without a landowner’s permission in the City of Milwaukee. (FE)

Milwaukee — City Plats Public works

  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

Under current law, local governing bodies may provide that the cost of constructing water, heat, sewer, and gas laterals or service lines be charged and be a lien against the lot or parcel served by the construction. This bill provides that the governing body of a city of the first class (currently only Milwaukee) may construct such laterals or service lines without express permission from the owner of the lot or parcel if all of the following conditions are met:

1. The owner is not a resident of the lot or parcel.

2. After at least three attempts by mail, email, phone, or other reasonable means, the governing body has failed to make contact with the owner.

3. The governing body receives express permission from a tenant of the lot or parcel.

Under the bill, the city may not charge the cost of such construction against the lot or parcel.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Arney (D) , Clancy (D) , Goodwin (D) , Haywood (D) , Joers (D) , Kirsch (D) , Madison (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Prado (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

6 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Drake (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 2

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. Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Haywood, Arney, Clancy, Madison, Stubbs, Joers, Goodwin, Kirsch, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Prado, Sinicki, Subeck, Udell and Vining; cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Carpenter, Drake, Larson, Ratcliff and Roys

  2. Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities

  3. Jan 21, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1