Subjects

Municipality — Planning

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

• AB 41 Relating to: local regulation of vegetable gardens. Died at session end 2025
• AB 50 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 37 Relating to: local regulation of vegetable gardens. 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 194 Relating to: modifications to housing programs under the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 279 Relating to: talent recruitment grants. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 453 Relating to: 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 2025
• AB 619 Relating to: a tax credit for aviation biofuel manufacturing, authorizing the state to contract public debt for an aviation biofuel project grant, and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 737 Relating to: financing certain infrastructure by special charge approved by a neighborhood improvement district. Became law 2025
• AB 811 Relating to: main street bounceback grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 862 Relating to: consideration of climate change in certain local plans and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 987 Relating to: the purpose statement for the statutory grant of local zoning authority. Died at session end 2025
• SB 180 Relating to: modifications to housing programs under the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 285 Relating to: talent recruitment grants. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 472 Relating to: 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) Died at session end 2025
• SB 735 Relating to: financing certain infrastructure by special charge approved by a neighborhood improvement district. Died at session end 2025
• SB 806 Relating to: main street bounceback grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 853 Relating to: consideration of climate change in certain local plans and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 943 Relating to: the purpose statement for the statutory grant of local zoning authority. 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
• AB 46 Relating to: requiring notice to political subdivisions and landowners regarding proposed large solar energy facilities, requirements for applying for certificates for large solar electric generating facilities, joint development agreements related to large solar electric generating facilities, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 47 Relating to: requiring notice to political subdivisions and landowners regarding proposed large solar energy facilities, requirements for applying for certificates for large solar electric generating facilities, joint development agreements related to large solar electric generating facilities, and granting rule-making authority. (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 579 Relating to: use of fill in commercial waterways and Great Lakes waters. Died at session end 2023
• AB 622 Relating to: multijurisdictional business improvement districts, annual reports for neighborhood improvement districts, and certain notifications for neighborhood improvement districts and business improvement districts. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 627 Relating to: various changes to the business development tax credit. (FE) Became law 2023
• AB 768 Relating to: water and sewerage system connections and annexation of territory and extraterritorial zoning in certain towns. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 850 Relating to: consideration of climate change in certain local plans and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 941 Relating to: operation of vertiports. Died at session end 2023
• AB 963 Relating to: main street bounceback grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 541 Relating to: use of fill in commercial waterways and Great Lakes waters. Became law 2023
• SB 572 Relating to: multijurisdictional business improvement districts, annual reports for neighborhood improvement districts, and certain notifications for neighborhood improvement districts and business improvement districts. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 691 Relating to: water and sewerage system connections and annexation of territory and extraterritorial zoning in certain towns. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 771 Relating to: consideration of climate change in certain local plans and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 791 Relating to: exemptions from public utility regulation regarding electric vehicle charging stations, installation and operation of electric vehicle charging stations by state agencies or local governmental units, and imposing an excise tax on electric vehicle charging. (FE) Became law 2023
• SB 867 Relating to: operation of vertiports. Died at session end 2023
• SB 891 Relating to: main street bounceback grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 51 Relating to: public notice of noncandidacy for incumbent local elected officials. 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 52 Relating to: public notice of noncandidacy for incumbent local elected officials. Became law 2021
• AB 224 Relating to: terms of office for local government officers. Died at session end 2021
• AB 398 Relating to: investigations by the Elections Commission based on information provided by the Electronic Registration Information Center and municipalities indicating that Wisconsin registered voters may have voted more than once in the same election or that individuals voted in an election despite being disqualified from voting for certain reasons. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 459 Relating to: voter registration at high schools. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 580 Relating to: grants for small businesses and downtown development. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 608 Relating to: local approvals of workforce housing projects; zoning for certain residential uses; and a requirement that street addresses be assigned at the time of subdivision plat approval. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 609 Relating to: local housing investment fund programs. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 894 Relating to: local land use restrictions. (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 297 Relating to: terms of office for local government officers. Died at session end 2021
• SB 393 Relating to: investigations by the Elections Commission based on information provided by the Electronic Registration Information Center and municipalities indicating that Wisconsin registered voters may have voted more than once in the same election or that individuals voted in an election despite being disqualified from voting for certain reasons. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 446 Relating to: voter registration at high schools. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 835 Relating to: local land use restrictions. (FE) Became law 2021
• SB 840 Relating to: local approvals of workforce housing projects; zoning for certain residential uses; and a requirement that street addresses be assigned at the time of subdivision plat approval. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 935 Relating to: certain kinds of election fraud, private resources and contracts for election administration, who may perform tasks related to election administration, defects on absentee ballot certificates, returning absentee ballots to the office of the municipal clerk, appointment of election officials, allowing an employee of a residential care facility or qualified retirement home to serve as a personal care voting assistant during a public health emergency or an incident of infectious disease, and providing a penalty. (FE) Vetoed 2021
• SB 946 Relating to: whistleblower protection for municipal clerks who witness and report election fraud or irregularities. Died at session end 2021
• AB 1004 Relating to: certain kinds of election fraud, private resources and contracts for election administration, who may perform tasks related to election administration, defects on absentee ballot certificates, returning absentee ballots to the office of the municipal clerk, appointment of election officials, allowing an employee of a residential care facility or qualified retirement home to serve as a personal care voting assistant during a public health emergency or an incident of infectious disease, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1008 Relating to: whistleblower protection for municipal clerks who witness and report election fraud or irregularities. Died at session end 2021
• AB 1066 Relating to: terms of office for certain appointed local officers. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1070 Relating to: establishing a plan to register qualified electors who are detained in jail and to allow the electors to vote while detained. Died at session end 2021
• AB 1101 Relating to: the notice to complete the property tax exemption form. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 1116 Relating to: local shared services grants, regional affordable housing grants, grants for certain kinds of redevelopment, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 1028 Relating to: the notice to complete the property tax exemption form. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 1093 Relating to: local shared services grants, regional affordable housing grants, grants for certain kinds of redevelopment, 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 117 Relating to: submission of building permit applications for one-family and two-family dwellings. Became law 2019
• AB 234 Relating to: limiting the authority of the state and political subdivisions to regulate certain wireless facilities and authorizing political subdivisions to impose setback requirements for certain mobile service support structures. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 538 Relating to: authorizing the creation of multijurisdictional business improvement districts, changes to public annual reports for neighborhood improvement districts, and changes to certain notifications for both types of districts. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 823 Relating to: community relations grants and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 153 Relating to: submission of building permit applications for one-family and two-family dwellings. Died at session end 2019
• SB 239 Relating to: limiting the authority of the state and political subdivisions to regulate certain wireless facilities and authorizing political subdivisions to impose setback requirements for certain mobile service support structures. (FE) Became law 2019
• SB 483 Relating to: authorizing the creation of multijurisdictional business improvement districts, changes to public annual reports for neighborhood improvement districts, and changes to certain notifications for both types of districts. (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
• SB 30 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Died at session end 2017
• SB 31 Relating to: revising the length-of-service awards program in the Department of Administration for volunteer emergency response personnel. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 97 Relating to: requiring the payment of health insurance premiums, and establishing a loan program, for survivors of a law enforcement officer, emergency medical technician, or fire fighter who dies in the line of duty and making appropriations. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 130 Relating to: authorizing a political subdivision to restrict the placement of certain mobile cell towers. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 150 Relating to: requiring the payment of health insurance premiums, and establishing a loan program, for survivors of a law enforcement officer, emergency medical technician, or fire fighter who dies in the line of duty and making appropriations. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 161 Relating to: authorizing a political subdivision to impose setback requirements for certain mobile service support structures. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 179 Relating to: remediation of contaminated land; air pollution control requirements for certain manufacturing facilities constructed on formerly contaminated land; reassigning tax deeds on tax delinquent brownfield properties; creating a new method for the creation of environmental remediation tax incremental financing districts; loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain brownfield revitalization projects and collection of the debt by special charge; state trust fund loans for brownfield projects; conversion of business improvement districts; and annexations to business improvement districts and neighborhood improvement districts. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 309 Relating to: creation of a Joint Committee on State Mandates and required funding of state mandates. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 348 Relating to: limiting the authority of the state and political subdivisions to regulate wireless facilities and authorizing political subdivisions to impose setback requirements for certain mobile service support structures. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 367 Relating to: creating a mechanism to determine the income tax increment generated by certain tax incremental financing districts in the city of Milwaukee and authorizing the city to spend a portion of that money on neighborhood economic revitalization. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 420 Relating to: public annual reports of business improvement districts. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 479 Relating to: limiting the authority of local governments to regulate development on substandard lots and require the merging of lots; requiring a political subdivision to issue a conditional use permit under certain circumstances; standards for granting certain zoning variances; local ordinances related to repair, rebuilding, and maintenance of certain nonconforming structures; shoreland zoning of, and the removal of material from the bed of, certain small, private ponds; inverse condemnation proceedings; and the right to display the flag of the United States. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 686 Relating to: testing of private wells, compensation for well contamination and abandonment, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 770 Relating to: workforce housing development tax incremental districts; local fees and charges; local levy limits; subdivision approval conditions; plat approval conditions; expiration of certain project approvals; division of land by certified survey map; erosion control and storm water management; limiting certain local regulatory authority; relocation benefits in condemnation proceedings; and zoning ordinance amendments. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 917 Relating to: Telecommuter Forward! community certification and creating a Telecommuter Forward! council. Became law 2017
• SB 173 Relating to: remediation of contaminated land; air pollution control requirements for certain manufacturing facilities constructed on formerly contaminated land; reassigning tax deeds on tax delinquent brownfield properties; creating a new method for the creation of environmental remediation tax incremental financing districts; loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain brownfield revitalization projects and collection of the debt by special charge; state trust fund loans for brownfield projects; conversion of business improvement districts; and annexations to business improvement districts and neighborhood improvement districts. (FE) Became law 2017
• SB 219 Relating to: authorizing a political subdivision to impose setback requirements for certain mobile service support structures. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 335 Relating to: notice requirements for zoning actions related to frac sand mining. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 336 Relating to: public annual reports of business improvement districts. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 387 Relating to: limiting the authority of local governments to regulate development on substandard lots and require the merging of lots; requiring a political subdivision to issue a conditional use permit under certain circumstances; standards for granting certain zoning variances; local ordinances related to repair, rebuilding, and maintenance of certain nonconforming structures; shoreland zoning of, and the removal of material from the bed of, certain small, private ponds; inverse condemnation proceedings; and the right to display the flag of the United States. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 425 Relating to: limiting the authority of the state and political subdivisions to regulate certain wireless facilities and authorizing political subdivisions to impose setback requirements for certain mobile service support structures. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 640 Relating to: workforce housing development tax incremental districts; local fees and charges; local levy limits; subdivision approval conditions; plat approval conditions; expiration of certain project approvals; division of land by certified survey map; erosion control and storm water management; limiting certain local regulatory authority; relocation benefits in condemnation proceedings; and zoning ordinance amendments. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 756 Relating to: Telecommuter Forward! community certification and creating a Telecommuter Forward! council. Died at session end 2017
• SB 884 Relating to: legislative powers and duties, state agency and authority composition and operations, and administrative rule-making process. (FE) Became law 2017
• SB 887 Relating to: legislative power and duties, state agency and authority composition and operations, administrative rule-making process, federal government waivers and approvals, unemployment insurance work search and registration requirements, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 1070 Relating to: legislative powers and duties, state agency and authority composition and operations, and administrative rule-making process. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 1073 Relating to: legislative power and duties, state agency and authority composition and operations, administrative rule-making process, federal government waivers and approvals, unemployment insurance work search and registration requirements, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Died at session end 2015
• SB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Became law 2015
• AB 151 Relating to: notice requirements for zoning actions related to frac sand mining. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 371 Relating to: comprehensive planning and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 412 Relating to: changing the assessment method for business improvement districts. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 708 Relating to: zoning for peer-run respite centers. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 820 Relating to: duties of the Public Service Commission under the broadband expansion grant program and certification of political subdivisions under that program. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 905 Relating to: authorizing a political subdivision to restrict the placement of certain mobile cell towers. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 940 Relating to: calculating the allowable number of amendments that a municipality may make to a tax incremental district's project plan and creating an exception to certain requirements in the amendment of such a district's plan. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 101 Relating to: notice requirements for zoning actions related to frac sand mining. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 203 Relating to: changing the assessment method for business improvement districts. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 266 Relating to: comprehensive planning and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 606 Relating to: calculating the allowable number of amendments that a municipality may make to a tax incremental district's project plan and creating an exception to certain requirements in the amendment of such a district's plan. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 699 Relating to: duties of the Public Service Commission under the broadband expansion grant program and certification of political subdivisions under that program. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 40 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2013 legislature. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 54 Relating to: limiting the times for voting by absentee ballots in person. Died at session end 2013
• AB 89 Relating to: the method of reporting election returns by municipalities. Became law 2013
• SB 94 Relating to: the method of reporting election returns by municipalities. Died at session end 2013
• AB 122 Relating to: changing the elements that must be included in a county development plan. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 128 Relating to: recall petition requirements. Died at session end 2013
• AB 202 Relating to: certification of election observers. Became law 2013
• AB 225 Relating to: various changes in the campaign finance laws; exemption of certain electors from the requirement to present proof of identification when voting in an election; identifying documentation to establish proof of residency for voter registration; recording the type of identifying document provided as proof of residence; limiting the times for voting by absentee ballot in person; the method of reporting election returns by municipalities; fees for election recounts; the method of recounting votes cast with automatic tabulating equipment; residency of election officials; recall petition requirements; the procedure for recounting ballots when electors voting in person are required to sign the poll list and fail to do so; challenging an elector's registration during recount proceedings; witness addresses on absentee ballot certificates; nominees submitted by the Government Accountability Board candidate committee; securing ballot containers; party representation for election officials serving at polling places; and scheduling of referendums. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 386 Relating to: the effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations. Died at session end 2013
• AB 396 Relating to: absentee voting at residential care facilities. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 433 Relating to: the authority and responsibilities of the Department of Safety and Professional Services and the various boards under that department, the membership of the Cosmetology Examining Board, professional licensure of pharmacists, the Pharmacy Examining Board's operation of the prescription drug monitoring program, authorizing the construction, installation, alteration, operation, and inspection of elevators and other similar conveyances, and licensing requirements for elevator mechanics, inspectors, and contractors. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 506 Relating to: professional land surveyors; the practice of professional land surveying; surveying land abutting navigable waters; various changes regarding platting, surveying, and certified survey maps; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 537 Relating to: creation of a neighborhood improvement district. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 663 Relating to: authorizing ordinances and resolutions that specify a greater number of parcels into which certified survey maps may divide land. Died at session end 2013
• AB 689 Relating to: transferring responsibility over biennial updating of voter registration list to the Government Accountability Board. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 690 Relating to: reporting registration and voting statistics. Died at session end 2013
• AB 753 Relating to: electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, and proof of residence for voting in an election and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 821 Relating to: the state main street program and business area revitalization services. Died at session end 2013
• AB 835 Relating to: limiting the security a town or municipality may require as a condition of plat approval. Became law 2013
• SB 112 Relating to: changing the elements that must be included in a county development plan. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 114 Relating to: recall petition requirements. Died at session end 2013
• SB 138 Relating to: notice requirements for zoning actions related to frac sand mining. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 141 Relating to: listing frac sand mining as a conditional or prohibited use in certain types of zoning ordinances. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 267 Relating to: recording the type of identifying document provided by an elector as proof of residence. Became law 2013
• SB 297 Relating to: absentee voting at residential care facilities. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 314 Relating to: the effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations. Became law 2013
• SB 345 Relating to: the authority and responsibilities of the Department of Safety and Professional Services and the various boards under that department, the membership of the Cosmetology Examining Board, professional licensure of pharmacists, the Pharmacy Examining Board's operation of the prescription drug monitoring program, authorizing the construction, installation, alteration, operation, and inspection of elevators and other similar conveyances, and licensing requirements for elevator mechanics, inspectors, and contractors. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 377 Relating to: reporting registration and voting statistics. Became law 2013
• SB 394 Relating to: professional land surveyors; the practice of professional land surveying; surveying land abutting navigable waters; various changes regarding platting, surveying, and certified survey maps; and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 404 Relating to: voting at the entrance to an in-person absentee voting location by an elector with a disability. Died at session end 2013
• SB 412 Relating to: creation of a neighborhood improvement district. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 502 Relating to: authorizing ordinances and resolutions that specify a greater number of parcels into which certified survey maps may divide land. Became law 2013
• SB 506 Relating to: transferring responsibility over biennial updating of voter registration list to the Government Accountability Board. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 548 Relating to: transferring responsibility over biennial updating of voter registration list to the Government Accountability Board. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 636 Relating to: limiting the security a town or municipality may require as a condition of plat approval. Died at session end 2013
• SB 697 Relating to: comprehensive planning and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2013