Subjects

Landlord and tenant

163 bills across 7 sessions, from the Legislature's subject index.

• AB 50 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 45 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 142 Relating to: algorithmic software for residential housing, and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2025
• AB 414 Relating to: 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. Died at session end 2025
• AB 424 Relating to: requirements for the rental of mobile and manufactured homes. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 628 Relating to: allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 661 Relating to: an audit of fire sprinkler systems in certain residential buildings and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 695 Relating to: creating a landlord fire prevention grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 142 Relating to: algorithmic software for residential housing, and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2025
• SB 206 Relating to: voidable provisions in residential rental agreements and the application of the Wisconsin Consumer Act to leases. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 413 Relating to: 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 2025
• SB 427 Relating to: requirements for the rental of mobile and manufactured homes. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 618 Relating to: allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 642 Relating to: creating a landlord fire prevention grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 643 Relating to: an audit of fire sprinkler systems in certain residential buildings and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1048 Relating to: local regulation of landlords. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1049 Relating to: 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) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1057 Relating to: reporting positive rental payment information to credit bureaus. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1058 Relating to: access to prospective tenants’ credit scores and consumer credit reports. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1064 Relating to: prohibiting landlords from charging application fees and credit checks and background checks obtained by landlords. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1119 Relating to: rent abatement and retaliatory conduct and granting rule-making authority. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1120 Relating to: repealing the prohibition against local governments enacting or enforcing an eviction moratorium on a landlord. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1133 Relating to: local regulation of landlords and tenants. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1134 Relating to: information contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Programs Internet site related to dismissed eviction actions. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1135 Relating to: the defense of waiver in eviction actions. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1137 Relating to: evicting tenants for failure to pay rent. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1138 Relating to: procedures in eviction actions for noncompliance with stipulated judgments of dismissal. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1139 Relating to: disposition of property left behind by a tenant and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1140 Relating to: actions for relief from extrajudicial eviction in small claims court. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1143 Relating to: utility charges related to residential rental agreements. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1195 Relating to: 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) Died at session end 2025
• AB 1197 Relating to: the definition of tenant at will. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1027 Relating to: 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) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1029 Relating to: local regulation of landlords. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1057 Relating to: access to prospective tenants’ credit scores and consumer credit reports. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1058 Relating to: reporting positive rental payment information to credit bureaus. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1063 Relating to: prohibiting landlords from charging application fees and credit checks and background checks obtained by landlords. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1076 Relating to: rent abatement and retaliatory conduct and granting rule-making authority. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1098 Relating to: local regulation of landlords and tenants. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1107 Relating to: repealing the prohibition against local governments enacting or enforcing an eviction moratorium on a landlord. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1165 Relating to: 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) Died at session end 2025
• AB 43 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 70 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2023 legislature. (FE) Became law 2023
• AB 182 Relating to: a certification of rental readiness and funding to cover damages caused by certification of rental readiness holders. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 265 Relating to: a main street housing rehabilitation revolving loan fund and loan program. (FE) Became law 2023
• AB 564 Relating to: allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 600 Relating to: housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 694 Relating to: rights of tenants to organize and engage in certain activities and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 695 Relating to: grants to provide legal services to tenants in eviction actions, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 696 Relating to: rent abatement for tenants and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 698 Relating to: a residential tenant's right to counsel in an eviction action and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 699 Relating to: information contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Programs Internet site related to dismissed eviction actions. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 700 Relating to: disposition of property left behind by a tenant and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 701 Relating to: evicting tenants for failure to pay rent. Died at session end 2023
• AB 702 Relating to: actions for relief from extrajudicial eviction in small claims court. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 703 Relating to: procedures in eviction actions for noncompliance with stipulated judgments of dismissal. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 704 Relating to: the defense of waiver in eviction actions. Died at session end 2023
• AB 705 Relating to: the mandatory stay of eviction proceedings against a tenant who has applied for emergency assistance. Died at session end 2023
• AB 706 Relating to: rent abatement and retaliatory conduct and granting rule-making authority. Died at session end 2023
• AB 707 Relating to: repealing the prohibition against local governments enacting or enforcing an eviction moratorium on a landlord. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 708 Relating to: local inspections of rental properties. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 710 Relating to: certain requirements for residential leases. Died at session end 2023
• AB 711 Relating to: reimbursement of services to find and sustain housing under the Medical Assistance program. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 712 Relating to: requiring landlords or tenants to apply for emergency rental assistance and participate in mediation prior to eviction and prohibiting certain rent increases. Died at session end 2023
• AB 713 Relating to: eviction notices. Died at session end 2023
• AB 714 Relating to: discrimination in housing based on prior eviction and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 877 Relating to: local rent control and inclusionary zoning. Died at session end 2023
• SB 171 Relating to: a certification of rental readiness and funding to cover damages caused by certification of rental readiness holders. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 294 Relating to: a main street housing rehabilitation revolving loan fund and loan program. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 529 Relating to: allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 557 Relating to: housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 634 Relating to: discrimination in housing based on prior eviction and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 655 Relating to: requiring landlords or tenants to apply for emergency rental assistance and participate in mediation prior to eviction and prohibiting certain rent increases. Died at session end 2023
• SB 656 Relating to: the defense of waiver in eviction actions. Died at session end 2023
• SB 657 Relating to: the mandatory stay of eviction proceedings against a tenant who has applied for emergency assistance. Died at session end 2023
• SB 658 Relating to: a residential tenant's right to counsel in an eviction action and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 659 Relating to: evicting tenants for failure to pay rent. Died at session end 2023
• SB 660 Relating to: information contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Programs Internet site related to dismissed eviction actions. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 661 Relating to: procedures in eviction actions for noncompliance with stipulated judgments of dismissal. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 662 Relating to: disposition of property left behind by a tenant and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 663 Relating to: actions for relief from extrajudicial eviction in small claims court. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 664 Relating to: eviction notices. Died at session end 2023
• SB 666 Relating to: rights of tenants to organize and engage in certain activities and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 670 Relating to: repealing the prohibition against local governments enacting or enforcing an eviction moratorium on a landlord. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 673 Relating to: local inspections of rental properties. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 677 Relating to: rent abatement and retaliatory conduct and granting rule-making authority. Died at session end 2023
• SB 724 Relating to: reimbursement of services to find and sustain housing under the Medical Assistance program. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 726 Relating to: rent abatement for tenants and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 821 Relating to: local rent control and inclusionary zoning. Died at session end 2023
• SB 930 Relating to: residents' right to purchase a mobile or manufactured home community. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1010 Relating to: residents' right to purchase a mobile or manufactured home community. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 8 Relating to: fees for nonpayment of rent and the suspension of a rule of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer protection. Died at session end 2021
• AB 31 Relating to: state government response to COVID-19 pandemic, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 37 Relating to: the presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways and required real estate disclosures. Died at session end 2021
• AB 58 Relating to: terminating a tenancy for fear of imminent violence. Died at session end 2021
• AB 65 Relating to: real estate disclosure reports. Died at session end 2021
• AB 68 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Became law 2021
• SB 33 Relating to: fees for nonpayment of rent and the suspension of a rule of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer protection. Died at session end 2021
• SB 46 Relating to: the presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways and required real estate disclosures. Became law 2021
• SB 67 Relating to: terminating a tenancy for fear of imminent violence. Died at session end 2021
• SB 73 Relating to: real estate disclosure reports. Became law 2021
• AB 156 Relating to: state workforce housing income and franchise tax credit and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 252 Relating to: an income tax deduction for an arrearage paid on behalf of a tenant for municipal utility service. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 738 Relating to: requiring landlords or tenants to apply for emergency rental assistance and participate in mediation prior to eviction during certain declared public health emergencies and prohibiting certain rent increases. Died at session end 2021
• AB 802 Relating to: allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 111 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 172 Relating to: state workforce housing income and franchise tax credit and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 258 Relating to: an income tax deduction for an arrearage paid on behalf of a tenant for municipal utility service. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 715 Relating to: requiring landlords or tenants to apply for emergency rental assistance and participate in mediation prior to eviction during certain declared public health emergencies and prohibiting certain rent increases. Died at session end 2021
• SB 754 Relating to: allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1036 Relating to: the notice requirement for terminating a lease in a mobile or manufactured home community. Died at session end 2021
• AB 1133 Relating to: discrimination in housing based on prior eviction and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1136 Relating to: repealing the prohibition against certain local governments enacting or enforcing an eviction moratorium on a landlord. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1145 Relating to: housing and homelessness; rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1190 Relating to: rent abatement for tenants and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1191 Relating to: grants to provide legal services to tenants in eviction actions, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 1041 Relating to: rental property inspection requirements. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 1045 Relating to: housing and homelessness; rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 56 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Became law 2019
• SB 59 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2019 legislature. Died at session end 2019
• AB 121 Relating to: housing navigator grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 125 Relating to: housing quality standards loans, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 341 Relating to: grace period for late rent payments by tenants receiving military housing allowances. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 498 Relating to: loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain improvements to properties and collection of the debt by special charge. Died at session end 2019
• AB 682 Relating to: allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 906 Relating to: state workforce housing income and franchise tax credit and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 914 Relating to: repealing the prohibition against certain local governments from enacting or enforcing an eviction moratorium on a landlord. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 915 Relating to: discrimination in housing based on prior evictions and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 957 Relating to: terminating a tenancy for fear of imminent violence. Died at session end 2019
• AB 989 Relating to: rent abatement for tenants and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 990 Relating to: grants to provide legal services to tenants in eviction actions, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 120 Relating to: housing navigator grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 121 Relating to: housing quality standards loans, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 452 Relating to: loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain improvements to properties and collection of the debt by special charge. Died at session end 2019
• SB 619 Relating to: allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 786 Relating to: state workforce housing income and franchise tax credit and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 841 Relating to: terminating a tenancy for fear of imminent violence. Died at session end 2019
• SB 887 Relating to: rent abatement for tenants and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 64 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Became law 2017
• AB 76 Relating to: lead testing and disclosures for certain rental properties. Died at session end 2017
• SB 30 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Died at session end 2017
• SB 41 Relating to: lead testing and disclosures for certain rental properties. Died at session end 2017
• AB 376 Relating to: eviction prevention grants. Died at session end 2017
• AB 746 Relating to: grants to provide legal services to tenants in eviction actions, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 747 Relating to: rent abatement for tenants and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 771 Relating to: the authority of political subdivisions to regulate rental properties and historic properties and of municipalities to inspect dwellings, public utility service to rental dwelling units, landlord and tenant regulations, fees imposed by a political subdivision, certain levy limit reductions, certain procedural changes in eviction actions, information available on the consolidated court automated Internet site, discrimination in housing against individuals who keep certain animals, falsely claiming an animal to be a service animal, municipal administrative procedure, enforcement of the rental unit energy efficiency program, and providing penalties. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 971 Relating to: repealing the prohibition against certain local governments from enacting or enforcing an eviction moratorium on a landlord. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 972 Relating to: discrimination in housing based on prior evictions and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 316 Relating to: eviction prevention grants. Died at session end 2017
• SB 520 Relating to: licensure of professional leasing and renting agents and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 639 Relating to: the authority of political subdivisions to regulate rental properties and historic properties and of municipalities to inspect dwellings, public utility service to rental dwelling units, landlord and tenant regulations, fees imposed by a political subdivision, certain levy limit reductions, certain procedural changes in eviction actions, information available on the consolidated court automated Internet site, discrimination in housing against individuals who keep certain animals, falsely claiming an animal to be a service animal, municipal administrative procedure, enforcement of the rental unit energy efficiency program, and providing penalties. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 568 Relating to: terminating a tenancy for criminal activity or drug-related criminal activity; disposition of personal property left in rental property by a trespasser; preexisting sprinkler ordinances that are stricter than the multifamily dwelling code; towing vehicles illegally parked on private property; terminating certain tenancies for breaches other than failure to pay rent; limitations on the authority of political subdivisions to regulate rental units, historic properties, and signs; prohibiting local governmental units from imposing real property purchase or residential real property occupancy requirements; creating a criminal penalty; and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 445 Relating to: terminating a tenancy for criminal activity or drug-related criminal activity; disposition of personal property left in rental property by a trespasser; preexisting sprinkler ordinances that are stricter than the multifamily dwelling code; towing vehicles illegally parked on private property; terminating certain tenancies for breaches other than failure to pay rent; limitations on the authority of political subdivisions to regulate rental units, historic properties, and signs; prohibiting local governmental units from imposing real property purchase or residential real property occupancy requirements; creating a criminal penalty; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 183 Relating to: miscellaneous provisions related to rental and vehicle towing practices and eviction proceedings, prohibitions on enacting ordinances that place certain limitations or requirements on landlords, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 218 Relating to: employer access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of employees and applicants for employment; educational institution access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of students and prospective students; landlord access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of tenants and prospective tenants; and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 253 Relating to: restricting access to and limiting information contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Programs and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 548 Relating to: expanding the definition of project costs to include certain cash payments with regard to a tax incremental financing district. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 725 Relating to: collection of certain utility arrearages by a municipal utility and the provision of municipal utility service to tenants. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 179 Relating to: miscellaneous provisions related to rental and vehicle towing practices and eviction proceedings, prohibitions on enacting ordinances that place certain limitations or requirements on landlords, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 223 Relating to: employer access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of employees and applicants for employment; educational institution access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of students and prospective students; landlord access to, and observation of, the personal Internet accounts of tenants and prospective tenants; and providing a penalty. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 234 Relating to: restricting access to and limiting information contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Programs and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 456 Relating to: expanding the definition of project costs to include certain cash payments with regard to a tax incremental financing district. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 517 Relating to: collection of certain utility arrearages by a municipal utility and the provision of municipal utility service to tenants. (FE) Became law 2013