Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 44

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: local regulation of fowl.

Bird County Housing Municipality Municipality — Elections Poultry Sanitation and sewerage management

Introduced, stopped here
Passes Senate, not reached
Passes Assembly, not reached
Governor signs, not reached
Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits political subdivisions and sewerage districts from prohibiting the keeping of up to four chickens or quail (fowl) by property owners or certain lessors on properties zoned for residential use. The bill specifically allows political subdivisions and sewerage districts to do any of the following with regard to the keeping of fowl:

1. Require a keeper of fowl to obtain a permit.

2. Require notification of adjoining land owners.

3. Impose reasonable regulations related to the location of fowl housing on a property.

4. Prohibit the keeping of roosters.

5. Impose reasonable cleanliness standards.

Registered lobbying interests · 3

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

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jun 5, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

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