Senate Bill 1098
Local regulation of landlords and tenants
Topics: Landlord and tenant, Ordinance
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
Mar 4, 2026
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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, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry. The committee's chair at the time was Romaine Quinn. 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 Assembly as AB 1133. That version died when the session ended.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law prohibits cities, villages, towns, and counties (local governments) from enacting ordinances that impose certain limitations on residential landlords, including 1) restricting a landlord in entering into a rental agreement with a prospective tenant while the premises is occupied by a current tenant; 2) restricting a landlord in showing a premises to a prospective tenant during a current tenant’s tenancy; or 3) requiring a landlord to provide to a tenant information that is not required to be provided under federal or state law.
This bill creates an exception to these restrictions, allowing a local government to enact an ordinance that 1) requires a landlord to make a good faith offer to renew a tenant’s lease unless there is good cause for nonrenewal, and establishes standards for determining good cause; 2) prescribes notice requirements related to a landlord’s offer to renew a lease; 3) establishes requirements related to the execution of a renewed lease agreement; 4) prescribes timeframes during which a landlord may enter a leased premises to show the premises to prospective tenants or lease the premises to another tenant for a subsequent lease period; or 5) provides a penalty or remedy for violation of the ordinance.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Democrats.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (11)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Christian Phelps · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 13, 2026
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Mar 4, 2026
Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.
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Mar 4, 2026
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Roys, Larson, Ratcliff and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Brown, Andraca, Fitzgerald, Hong, Madison, McCarville, Palmeri, Phelps, Sinicki and Tenorio
- Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
- Mar 13, 2026 · Senate
Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · 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