Bills by subject

Landlord and tenant

73 bills and resolutions. 14 became law and 43 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 1120 Repealing the prohibition against local governments enacting or enforcing an eviction moratorium on a landlord. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 25, 2026
SB 1107 Repealing the prohibition against local governments enacting or enforcing an eviction moratorium on a landlord. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 25, 2026
AB 50 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 41

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 142: Algorithmic software for residential housing, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 414: Immunity from prosecution for certain crimes based on assisting a victim of sexual assault, extending the time limit for prosecution of second-degree sexual assault, and the standard for terminating residential residency when tenant is the victim of sexual assault.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Jan 8, 2026
AB 424: Requirements for the rental of mobile and manufactured homes. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 628: Allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 661: An audit of fire sprinkler systems in certain residential buildings and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 695: Creating a landlord fire prevention grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1048: Local regulation of landlords.
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 1057: Reporting positive rental payment information to credit bureaus.
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 1058: Access to prospective tenants’ credit scores and consumer credit reports.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1064: Prohibiting landlords from charging application fees and credit checks and background checks obtained by landlords.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1119: Rent abatement and retaliatory conduct and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 25, 2026
AB 1120: Repealing the prohibition against local governments enacting or enforcing an eviction moratorium on a landlord. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1133: Local regulation of landlords and tenants.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1134: Information contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Programs Internet site related to dismissed eviction actions. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1135: The defense of waiver in eviction actions.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1137: Evicting tenants for failure to pay rent.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1138: Procedures in eviction actions for noncompliance with stipulated judgments of dismissal. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1139: Disposition of property left behind by a tenant and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1140: Actions for relief from extrajudicial eviction in small claims court. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1143: Utility charges related to residential rental agreements.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1195: Creating an Office of Civil Legal Aid to be overseen by a Civil Legal Aid Board, providing a right to the appointment of counsel at state expense for residential tenants in eviction actions, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1197: The definition of tenant at will.
Stopped in committee.
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 142: Algorithmic software for residential housing, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 206: Voidable provisions in residential rental agreements and the application of the Wisconsin Consumer Act to leases. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 9, 2026
SB 413: Immunity from prosecution for certain crimes based on assisting a victim of sexual assault, extending the time limit for prosecution of second-degree sexual assault, and the standard for terminating residential residency when tenant is the victim of sexual assault.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 427: Requirements for the rental of mobile and manufactured homes. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 618: Allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 642: Creating a landlord fire prevention grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 643: An audit of fire sprinkler systems in certain residential buildings and making an appropriation. (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 1029: Local regulation of landlords.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1057: Access to prospective tenants’ credit scores and consumer credit reports.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1058: Reporting positive rental payment information to credit bureaus.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1063: Prohibiting landlords from charging application fees and credit checks and background checks obtained by landlords.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1076: Rent abatement and retaliatory conduct and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1098: Local regulation of landlords and tenants.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 25, 2026
SB 1107: Repealing the prohibition against local governments enacting or enforcing an eviction moratorium on a landlord. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1165: Creating an Office of Civil Legal Aid to be overseen by a Civil Legal Aid Board, providing a right to the appointment of counsel at state expense for residential tenants in eviction actions, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 8

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 155: Prohibiting ordinances that place certain limits on landlords.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 182: Assignment of income, prizes, and earnings to pay a municipal court judgment and prohibiting municipal electric or water utilities from collecting certain utility arrearages from owners of rental properties as property liens.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 373: Disclosure of radon testing.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 561: Miscellaneous landlord-tenant provisions and prohibiting a local government from imposing a moratorium on eviction actions.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 668: Terminating a tenancy for criminal activity and requiring notice to landlord of nuisance investigation by law enforcement agency.
Stopped in committee.
Dec 12, 2011
SB 107: Prohibiting ordinances that place certain limits on landlords.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 466: Miscellaneous landlord-tenant provisions and prohibiting a local government from imposing a moratorium on eviction actions.
Became law.

2009–10 session: 24

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 107: Protections for tenants in foreclosure actions.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 163: Allowing certain political signs on rental premises.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 277: Prohibiting discrimination in housing because of domestic abuse victim status and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Feb 16, 2010
AB 400: Requiring landlords to change locks.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 404: Prohibiting municipal electric or water utilities from collecting certain utility arrearages from owners of rental properties as property liens.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 490: Receivership for abatement of residential nuisances.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 543: Barring landlords from requiring certain payments and from making certain claims against estates.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 607: Requiring carbon monoxide detectors in buildings containing one or two dwelling units.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 21, 2010
AB 707: Self-service storage facility notices and procedures.
Became law.

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Apr 28, 2010
AB 836: Requiring sellers of residential real property and landlords of residential rental property to disclose that methamphetamine has been manufactured on the property.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 961: Targets for the allocation of federal tax credits by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 2, 2009
SB 62: State finances and appropriations and making diverse other changes in the statutes.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 78: Protections for tenants in foreclosure actions.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 164: Increasing the maximum claim under the school property tax credit for older claimants.
Stopped in committee.
Dec 15, 2009
SB 204: Prohibiting discrimination in housing because of domestic abuse victim status and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 274: Requiring landlords to change locks.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Feb 22, 2010
SB 413: Receivership for abatement of residential nuisances.
Became law.
Mar 15, 2010
SB 415: Requiring carbon monoxide detectors in buildings containing one or two dwelling units.
Became law.
May 14, 2010
SB 591: Termination of tenancy at death.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 607: Terminating a tenancy on the basis that certain crimes or other activities are being committed on or near the premises.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 650: Requiring sellers of residential real property and landlords of residential rental property to disclose that methamphetamine has been manufactured on the property.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 695: Targets for the allocation of federal tax credits by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 701: The foreclosure and sale of residential property.
Stopped in committee.

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