Bills by subject

Ordinance

64 bills and resolutions. 4 became law, 1 was vetoed, and 43 never got a public hearing. All are from 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 1001 The establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Jul 8, 2026
AB 1012 The establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Jun 16, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 420 Prohibiting rights of nature ordinances. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. 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

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 64

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 19, 2026
AB 78: Impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 172: Consumer data protection and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 282: Local government rules of proceedings and consideration of ordinances or resolutions for which enactment or adoption previously failed. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 287: Local regulation of pesticides to protect pollinators.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 329: Operation of all-terrain and utility terrain vehicles, off-highway motorcycles, and snowmobiles and revision of the Department of Transportation highway maintenance manual.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 365: Local and private regulation of accessory dwelling units. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 421: Prohibiting rights of nature ordinances. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 449: Local regulation of accessory dwelling units. (FE)
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.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 474: State preemption of local employment regulations. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 481: Local minimum wage ordinances. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 482: Allowing the enactment of family and medical leave ordinances. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 493: Authorizing community solar programs and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 516: Ranked-choice voting for local nonpartisan elections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 522: Use of skateboards on roadways.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 606: Regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products, renaming the Division of Alcohol Beverages as the Division of Intoxicating Products, creating an occupational tax on hemp-derived cannabinoid products, alcohol beverage warehouses and production arrangements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 692: Additional local sales and use taxes and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 783: Local regulation of certain containers.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 784: Creating a multifamily housing innovation council and allowing a multifamily dwelling up to six stories to be served by a single stairway. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 800: Early canvassing of absentee ballots and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 885: Limitations on extraterritorial subdivision ordinances of incorporated municipalities.
Stopped in committee.
Jun 16, 2026
AB 1012: The establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1028: Authorizing counties and municipalities to impose local income taxes on high-income taxpayers and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1045: The regulation of wake-enhanced boating; ordinances restricting wake-enhanced boating; and civil immunity for local regulation of wake-enhanced boating.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1047: Setback restrictions in shoreland zoning ordinances in Waukesha County.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1048: Local regulation of landlords.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1050: Local regulation of the short-term rental of residential dwellings.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1097: Authorizing a city, village, town, or county to establish a fair housing department to assist and educate residents and enforce local fair housing ordinances, providing a grant program, and making an appropriation. (FE)
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 1158: A state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1169: A state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
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 65: Impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 166: Consumer data protection and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 247: Local and private regulation of accessory dwelling units. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 290: Local government rules of proceedings and consideration of ordinances or resolutions for which enactment or adoption previously failed. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 292: Local regulation of pesticides to protect pollinators.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 20, 2026
SB 331: Operation of all-terrain and utility terrain vehicles, off-highway motorcycles, and snowmobiles and revision of the Department of Transportation highway maintenance manual.
Became law.
May 13, 2026
SB 420: Prohibiting rights of nature ordinances. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 463: Local minimum wage ordinances. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 464: State preemption of local employment regulations. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 472: 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)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 473: Local regulation of accessory dwelling units. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 527: Use of skateboards on roadways.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 539: Allowing the enactment of family and medical leave ordinances. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 559: Authorizing community solar programs and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 594: Ranked-choice voting for local nonpartisan elections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 641: Allowing local governments to enact ordinances related to fire detection, prevention, or suppression in residential buildings.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 681: Regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products, renaming the Division of Alcohol Beverages as the Division of Intoxicating Products, creating an occupational tax on hemp-derived cannabinoid products, alcohol beverage warehouses and production arrangements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 695: Additional local sales and use taxes and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 771: Creating a multifamily housing innovation council and allowing a multifamily dwelling up to six stories to be served by a single stairway. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 777: Local regulation of certain containers.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 801: Early canvassing of absentee ballots and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 873: Limitations on extraterritorial subdivision ordinances of incorporated municipalities.
Stopped in committee.
Jul 8, 2026
SB 1001: The establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1024: The regulation of wake-enhanced boating; ordinances restricting wake-enhanced boating; and civil immunity for local regulation of wake-enhanced boating.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1029: Local regulation of landlords.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1080: Local regulation of the short-term rental of residential dwellings.
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 1123: A state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1126: A state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

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