Senate Bill 545
Manufactured home sales and certificates of title and modifying administrative rules of the Department of Safety and Professional Services related to manufactured home purchase contracts. (FE)
Topics: Administrative rules: Revisions, Housing, Safety and Professional Services, Department of, Sales
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. 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
Oct 17, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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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 ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 549. That version was vetoed.
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Committee
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Roll call
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill makes a number of changes to the regulation of manufactured home sales by the Department of Safety and Professional Services. Under current law, an application for a certificate of title for a manufactured home must include certain information, including the name and address of the owner and a description of the manufactured home. Under the bill, the application must also include the county in which the manufactured home is situated or intended to be situated. In addition, the bill allows an application, and the accompanying fee, to be submitted to DSPS in an automated format prescribed by DSPS. Under current law, an application for a certificate of title must be delivered directly or mailed to DSPS.
Current law requires DSPS to maintain a record of all applications and all certificates of title issued by DSPS. Under current law, the applications and certificates must be indexed according to title number; alphabetically, according to the name of the owner; and in any other manner determined by DSPS. The bill requires DSPS to make the records publicly available and to additionally index the records by the county in which the manufactured home is situated or intended to be situated. In addition, the bill requires DSPS to maintain and make available to the public a record of each manufactured home community in the state. Each such record must include the name of the manufactured home community, the name and contact information of the owner of the manufactured home community, and the physical address of the manufactured home community.
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Under current law, a certificate of title for a manufactured home issued by DSPS must contain the name and address of the owner; the names of any secured parties in the order of priority; the title number assigned to the manufactured home; a description of the manufactured home, including make, model, and identification number; and any other pertinent data, as determined by DSPS. Under the bill, the certificate of title must also contain the address where the manufactured home is situated or intended to be situated. In addition, the description of the manufactured home must include the year of manufacture.
Under current law, no person may engage in the business of selling manufactured homes in this state without first obtaining a license from DSPS. Under the bill, this prohibition is expanded to marketing or listing manufactured homes in this state without first obtaining a license from DSPS.
Finally, the bill requires a licensed seller of a manufactured home to use a written purchase contract for each sale of a manufactured home and provide an exact copy of the purchase contract to the purchaser at the time the purchaser signs the offer to purchase the manufactured home. An exact copy must be provided again after the seller accepts the offer if the offer is accepted at a different time than offered by the purchaser. The bill also provides that, unless otherwise specified in the purchase contract, a purchaser’s offer to purchase a manufactured home is automatically terminated if the seller fails to accept or reject the offer by the close of the business day after the purchaser submits the offer. Under the bill, if a purchaser provides a seller with notice that the purchaser is canceling a purchase contract for a manufactured home, the seller must, no later than the close of the business day after the seller receives the notice, return any title for a trade-in unit provided by the purchaser.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . 2 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Eric Wimberger · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (9)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Insurance vote on an amendment
Passed, 3 to 2 · Feb 12, 2026
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Insurance vote to recommend it
Passed, 3 to 2 · Feb 12, 2026
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 12, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 3 to 2.
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Feb 12, 2026
“Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)
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Jan 22, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 13, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 31, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Oct 17, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.
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Oct 17, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 17, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Wimberger, Nass and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Behnke, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, Mursau, O'Connor, Steffen and Wichgers
- Oct 17, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
- Oct 31, 2025 · Senate
Representative Armstrong added as a cosponsor
- Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jan 22, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 26, 2026 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger
- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-18-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Smith, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Drake, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Wall and Wirch
- Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Laid on table
- 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote