Bills by subject

County

65 bills and resolutions. 15 became law and 25 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

SB 1027 Residents’ right to purchase and regulations regarding a mobile or manufactured home community, low-interest loans and tax incentives for owners of mobile or manufactured home communities, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Aug 18, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 453 Required approvals of rezoning requests related to residential development, contents of and consistency of local ordinances with local comprehensive plans, certain tax incremental district project costs related to residential development, and tax incremental district lifespan extension. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 2, 2026
AB 41 Local regulation of vegetable gardens.
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 42 Local regulation of fowl.
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 24

Mar 23, 2026
AB 41: Local regulation of vegetable gardens.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 42: Local regulation of fowl.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 46: Flags flown at state and local government buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 181: County forest administration grant eligibility.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 2, 2026
AB 453: Required approvals of rezoning requests related to residential development, contents of and consistency of local ordinances with local comprehensive plans, certain tax incremental district project costs related to residential development, and tax incremental district lifespan extension. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 527: Eliminating the advisory referenda restrictions under 2023 Wisconsin Act 12.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 575: Prohibiting state agencies and local governmental units from using facial recognition technology or data generated from it.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 690: Certain preferential treatment by local governments.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 783: Local regulation of certain containers.
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 896: Local governmental consultation related to federal refugee resettlement and assistance. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1049: Residents’ right to purchase and regulations regarding a mobile or manufactured home community, low-interest loans and tax incentives for owners of mobile or manufactured home communities, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1147: Repealing certain contracting and other restrictions on state and local government entities concerning prohibited boycotts of Israel.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1194: The sale of alcohol beverages by a municipality or county in a park.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 37: Local regulation of vegetable gardens.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 44: Local regulation of fowl.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 51: Flags flown at state and local government buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule.
Stopped in committee.
Dec 10, 2025
SB 158: County forest administration grant eligibility.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 530: Eliminating the advisory referenda restrictions under 2023 Wisconsin Act 12.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 777: Local regulation of certain containers.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 877: Local governmental consultation related to federal refugee resettlement and assistance. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Aug 18, 2026
SB 1027: Residents’ right to purchase and regulations regarding a mobile or manufactured home community, low-interest loans and tax incentives for owners of mobile or manufactured home communities, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1116: Repealing certain contracting and other restrictions on state and local government entities concerning prohibited boycotts of Israel.
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 22

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Nov 14, 2011
AB 113: Changing the boundaries of Marquette County and Green Lake County.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 139: Loans to study or implement the consolidation, or cooperation for the provision, of local governmental unit services or the consolidation of local governmental units and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 156: Venue for actions and appeals in which the sole defendant is the state, a state board or commission, or certain state officers, employees, or agents.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 180: Liability of cities, villages, towns, and counties for damages caused by an insufficiency or want of repair of a highway.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 288: Adoption by governmental units of a maintenance program that applies to private sewage systems.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 316: Financial assistance for local recycling programs and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 376: Authorizing the sale or transfer of tax credits in counties experiencing high rates of unemployment.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 410: Sobriety checkpoints and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 454: The performance of highway improvement projects by a county and private construction projects by a political subdivision.
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2012
AB 583: Community welcoming signs within highway rights-of-way.
Stopped in committee.
Feb 24, 2012
AJR 110: Congratulating Cooperative Extension on its centennial.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 80: Changing the boundaries of Marquette County and Green Lake County.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Nov 11, 2011
SB 117: Venue for actions and appeals in which the sole defendant is the state, a state board or commission, or certain state officers, employees, or agents.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 125: Liability of cities, villages, towns, and counties for damages caused by an insufficiency or want of repair of a highway.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 199: Adoption by governmental units of a maintenance program that applies to private sewage systems.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 209: Financial assistance for local recycling programs and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 291: Authorizing the sale or transfer of tax credits in counties experiencing high rates of unemployment.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 337: The performance of highway improvement projects by a county and private construction projects by a political subdivision.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 10, 2012
SB 398: Submitting written objections and appearing in person or by telephone at a hearing to review administrative suspension of motor vehicle operating privileges.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 505: Venue in actions in which the sole defendant is the state, a state board or commission, or certain state officers, employees, or agents.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 19

Apr 28, 2010
AB 191: Drunken driving and creating a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 282: The creation of regional transit authorities and making appropriations.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 283: Operating a vehicle while intoxicated, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Feb 22, 2010
AB 348: The applicability of rules of the road to private roads located in manufactured and mobile home communities.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 501: Attachment of territory to public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts and changing boundaries of proposed public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 531: The exception to the assessment of withdrawal taxes and fees against a landowner who transfers ownership of managed forest land for siting a public safety communications tower.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 546: Requiring governmental bodies of certain political subdivisions to post meeting notices and minutes on their Web sites.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 640: Expanding the types of governmental units that may participate in a joint local governmental self-insured health insurance plan.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 643: Waiving certain federal bond limitations allocated to cities and counties and requiring the Department of Commerce to develop a system for reallocating the bond limitations to other state and local units of government.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 793: Animals taken into custody.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.

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May 21, 2010
AB 950: Eligibility for grant funding under a maintenance program that applies to private sewage systems.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 205: The creation of regional transit authorities and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 276: Requiring governmental bodies of school districts and certain political subdivisions to post meeting notices and minutes on their Web sites.
Passed both chambers, then stopped.
Mar 19, 2010
SB 408: The exception to the assessment of withdrawal taxes and fees against a landowner who transfers ownership of managed forest land for siting a public safety communications tower.
Became law.
May 20, 2010
SB 427: Expanding the types of governmental units that may participate in a joint local governmental self-insured health insurance plan.
Became law.
Feb 9, 2010
SB 440: Waiving certain federal bond limitations allocated to cities and counties and requiring the Department of Commerce to develop a system for reallocating the bond limitations to other state and local units of government.
Became law.
May 14, 2010
SB 541: Providing public notice of a sale of personal property or real estate on execution.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 580: Animals taken into custody.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 687: Eligibility for grant funding under a maintenance program that applies to private sewage systems.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject