Senate Bill 663
A study of redundancies in legal requirements for new housing construction. (FE)
Topics: Administration, Department of: Agency and general functions, Housing
Passed the Senate, then stopped
The Senate passed it on Feb 11, 2026, but the Assembly never voted on it. A bill has to . 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
Nov 20, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Feb 11, 2026
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The Assembly never voted on it.
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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 concur in pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 671. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires the Department of Administration to conduct a study of redundancies among federal, state, and local requirements for the construction of new housing, including one-family and two-family dwellings and multifamily housing. The bill requires DOA to submit a report to the legislature no later than one year after the effective date of the bill regarding the results of the study and legislative recommendations for remedying redundancies.
Who's behind it
Romaine Quinn, a Republican, is its .
21 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (21)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Dassler-Alfheim, Spreitzer and Smith
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Amanda Nedweski · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Jim Piwowarczyk · Republican, Assembly
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Insurance vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 22, 2026
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. 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 20, 2026 to Mar 20, 2026
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 12, 2026
The Assembly received it.
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Feb 11, 2026
3 more senators signed on in support.
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Feb 11, 2026
The Senate passed it.
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Jan 23, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 22, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Jan 13, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 13, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 9, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Nov 20, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.
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Nov 20, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 20, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Rivera-Wagner, Duchow, Goodwin, Green, Kitchens, Kreibich, Melotik, Miresse, Murphy, Nedweski, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Snodgrass and Stroud
- Nov 20, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
- Dec 9, 2025 · Senate
Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
- Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jan 22, 2026 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jan 22, 2026 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Jan 22, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Jan 23, 2026 · Senate
Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor
- Feb 9, 2026 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
Senators Dassler-Alfheim, Spreitzer and Smith added as coauthors
- Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Feb 20, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Sheehan added as a cosponsor
- Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
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
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence
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