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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 663

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Relating to: a study of redundancies in legal requirements for new housing construction. (FE)

Administration department of — Agency and general functions Housing

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Quinn (R)

21 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Dassler-Alfheim, Spreitzer and Smith , Doyle (D) , Duchow (R) , Goodwin (D) , Green (R) , J. Jacobson (D) , Kitchens (R) , Kreibich (R) , Melotik (R) , Miresse (D) , Murphy (R) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Sheehan (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stroud (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 4

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 Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 22, 2026 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. 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

  2. Nov 20, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry

  3. Dec 9, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Jan 22, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 22, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Jan 22, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Jan 23, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor

  10. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  14. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  15. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Senators Dassler-Alfheim, Spreitzer and Smith added as coauthors

  16. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  18. Feb 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Sheehan added as a cosponsor

  19. Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  20. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1