Subjects

Real property

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

• SB 7 Relating to: prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring agricultural or forestry land in this state. Vetoed 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 45 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 157 Relating to: prohibiting filing or recording contracts for services or materials that do not improve real estate and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 194 Relating to: modifications to housing programs under the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 195 Relating to: revoking a transfer of real property on death, obtaining evidence of the termination of a decedent’s property interests, disbursing deposits after rescission of real property wholesaler contracts, and filing satisfactions of judgment. Died at session end 2025
• AB 213 Relating to: prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 216 Relating to: the amount and distribution of the real estate transfer fee, grants under the land information program, real property recording notification systems, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 218 Relating to: limitations on ownership of real property in this state by foreign persons. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 365 Relating to: local and private regulation of accessory dwelling units. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 445 Relating to: registers of deeds, transportation project plats, and providing a penalty. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 449 Relating to: local regulation of accessory dwelling units. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 456 Relating to: changes regarding the laws governing real estate practice. (FE) Became law 2025
• AB 737 Relating to: financing certain infrastructure by special charge approved by a neighborhood improvement district. Became law 2025
• AB 831 Relating to: recording and taxation of real property containing a building, improvement, or fixture and consisting of no land. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 863 Relating to: authorized activities under a no-sale event venue permit issued by the Division of Alcohol Beverages in the Department of Revenue. Died at session end 2025
• SB 172 Relating to: prohibiting filing or recording contracts for services or materials that do not improve real estate and providing a penalty. (FE) Became law 2025
• SB 193 Relating to: revoking a transfer of real property on death, obtaining evidence of the termination of a decedent’s property interests, disbursing deposits after rescission of real property wholesaler contracts, and filing satisfactions of judgment. Became law 2025
• SB 208 Relating to: prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 218 Relating to: the amount and distribution of the real estate transfer fee, grants under the land information program, real property recording notification systems, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 219 Relating to: limitations on ownership of real property in this state by foreign persons. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 247 Relating to: local and private regulation of accessory dwelling units. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 449 Relating to: registers of deeds, transportation project plats, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 473 Relating to: local regulation of accessory dwelling units. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 478 Relating to: changes regarding the laws governing real estate practice. (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 813 Relating to: recording and taxation of real property containing a building, improvement, or fixture and consisting of no land. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 850 Relating to: authorized activities under a no-sale event venue permit issued by the Division of Alcohol Beverages in the Department of Revenue. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1051 Relating to: creating a deicer applicators registration program. Died at session end 2025
• SB 1019 Relating to: creating a deicer applicators registration program. Died at session end 2025
• AB 61 Relating to: creating a deicer applicators certification program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 52 Relating to: creating a deicer applicators certification program and making an appropriation. (FE) Vetoed 2023
• AB 407 Relating to: advertising real property as for sale by owner. Died at session end 2023
• AB 444 Relating to: declaring discriminatory restrictions in instruments that affect real property void and unenforceable and allowing an owner of real property to discharge and release such a discriminatory restriction. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 579 Relating to: use of fill in commercial waterways and Great Lakes waters. Died at session end 2023
• AB 621 Relating to: temporary limited easements for construction crane booms that pass over adjacent real property. Died at session end 2023
• AB 844 Relating to: disclosures by prospective buyers of residential real property. Died at session end 2023
• SB 394 Relating to: advertising real property as for sale by owner. Died at session end 2023
• SB 439 Relating to: declaring discriminatory restrictions in instruments that affect real property void and unenforceable and allowing an owner of real property to discharge and release such a discriminatory restriction. (FE) Became law 2023
• SB 541 Relating to: use of fill in commercial waterways and Great Lakes waters. Became law 2023
• SB 589 Relating to: temporary limited easements for construction crane booms that pass over adjacent real property. Died at session end 2023
• SB 626 Relating to: notarial acts performed for remotely located individuals. Became law 2023
• AB 37 Relating to: the presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways and required real estate disclosures. 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 46 Relating to: the presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways and required real estate disclosures. Became law 2021
• SB 73 Relating to: real estate disclosure reports. Became law 2021
• AB 441 Relating to: inspections of and disclosures regarding residential dumbwaiters and elevators in real estate transactions and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 707 Relating to: creating an exception to the 40-year recording requirement for recorded access easements. 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 682 Relating to: creating an exception to the 40-year recording requirement for recorded access easements. Became law 2021
• SB 1084 Relating to: disclosure of contracts for frac sand mining on neighboring properties. Died at session end 2021
• AB 264 Relating to: the use of a surveillance device by an owner of real estate in connection with the sale of the real estate and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2019
• AB 327 Relating to: obtaining evidence of the termination of certain property interests of a decedent. Became law 2019
• AB 596 Relating to: real estate disclosure reports. Died at session end 2019
• AB 780 Relating to: creating an income and franchise tax deduction for interest on a loan secured by agricultural real estate. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 827 Relating to: disclosures regarding radon in real estate transactions. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 247 Relating to: the use of a surveillance device by an owner of real estate in connection with the sale of the real estate and providing a penalty. Became law 2019
• SB 318 Relating to: obtaining evidence of the termination of certain property interests of a decedent. Died at session end 2019
• SB 549 Relating to: real estate disclosure reports. Died at session end 2019
• SB 707 Relating to: creating an income and franchise tax deduction for interest on a loan secured by agricultural real estate. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 874 Relating to: disclosures regarding radon in real estate transactions. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 118 Relating to: disclosure of burial sites located on residential real estate and various changes relating to the preservation and disturbance of burial sites. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 175 Relating to: identification and location information assigned to documents filed or recorded in the county register of deeds offices and registration of farm names by recording in the register of deeds office. (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 253 Relating to: procedures related to a sale of foreclosed property by a sheriff or referee. Became law 2017
• AB 340 Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for products sold in connection with real property construction activities. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 386 Relating to: property tax assessments based on comparable sales and market segments. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 387 Relating to: property tax assessments regarding leased property. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 480 Relating to: review by the Department of Safety and Professional Services of the state electrical wiring code applicable to one-family and two-family dwellings; the legal description required for recording an easement for the construction, operation, or maintenance of sewer lines or facilities; expanding the use of tax incremental financing for workforce housing development and allowing a reduction in the amount of certain impact fees; effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations; exempting certain vehicles delivering propane from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations; elimination of the forestation state property tax; reviews of and reports on bills and proposed administrative rules that affect housing; general permits to place riprap on the bed of a navigable water; and making an appropriation. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 607 Relating to: nonprobate transfers of real estate, the transfer by affidavit procedure for small estates, and the payoff amount in a mortgage payoff statement. Became law 2017
• AB 664 Relating to: obtaining evidence of the termination of certain property interests of a decedent. Died at session end 2017
• AB 690 Relating to: authorizing counties to conduct foreclosure sales using an Internet-based auction. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 691 Relating to: eligible bidders at foreclosure sales, eligible purchasers of foreclosed property, and providing a penalty. (FE) Became law 2017
• AB 720 Relating to: the responsibility of a property owner for discharge of a hazardous substance by another. Died at session end 2017
• AB 812 Relating to: real estate disclosure reports, the written reports of home inspectors, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. Became law 2017
• AB 910 Relating to: updating references to the Internal Revenue Code relating to certain individual income tax provisions, limiting the income tax deduction for certain tuition payments, clarifying the duties of the College Savings Program Board, a sales and use tax exemption for title holding entities for certain tax-exempt charitable organizations, and computing depletion for income and franchise tax purposes. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 101 Relating to: the transfer by affidavit option for small estates. Became law 2017
• SB 131 Relating to: identification and location information assigned to documents filed or recorded in the county register of deeds offices and registration of farm names by recording in the register of deeds office. (FE) 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 175 Relating to: procedures related to a sale of foreclosed property by a sheriff or referee. Died at session end 2017
• SB 202 Relating to: the prohibition against adults knowingly permitting or failing to take action to prevent the illegal consumption of alcohol beverages by underage persons. Became law 2017
• SB 273 Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for products sold in connection with real property construction activities. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 291 Relating to: property tax assessments regarding leased property. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 292 Relating to: property tax assessments based on comparable sales and market segments. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 334 Relating to: disclosure of contracts for frac sand mining on neighboring properties. Died at session end 2017
• SB 388 Relating to: review by the Department of Safety and Professional Services of the state electrical wiring code applicable to one-family and two-family dwellings; the legal description required for recording an easement for the construction, operation, or maintenance of sewer lines or facilities; expanding the use of tax incremental financing for workforce housing development and allowing a reduction in the amount of certain impact fees; effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations; exempting certain vehicles delivering propane from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations; elimination of the forestation state property tax; reviews of and reports on bills and proposed administrative rules that affect housing; general permits to place riprap on the bed of a navigable water; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 507 Relating to: nonprobate transfers of real estate, the transfer by affidavit procedure for small estates, and the payoff amount in a mortgage payoff statement. Died at session end 2017
• SB 578 Relating to: obtaining evidence of the termination of certain property interests of a decedent. Died at session end 2017
• SB 607 Relating to: the responsibility of a property owner for discharge of a hazardous substance by another. Died at session end 2017
• SB 621 Relating to: authorizing counties to conduct foreclosure sales using an Internet-based auction. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 622 Relating to: eligible bidders at foreclosure sales, eligible purchasers of foreclosed property, and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 687 Relating to: real estate disclosure reports, the written reports of home inspectors, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. Died at session end 2017
• SB 764 Relating to: updating references to the Internal Revenue Code relating to certain individual income tax provisions, limiting the income tax deduction for certain tuition payments, clarifying the duties of the College Savings Program Board, a sales and use tax exemption for title holding entities for certain tax-exempt charitable organizations, and computing depletion for income and franchise tax purposes. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Became law 2015
• SB 98 Relating to: disclosure of contracts for frac sand mining on neighboring properties. Died at session end 2015
• AB 152 Relating to: disclosure of contracts for frac sand mining on neighboring properties. Died at session end 2015
• AB 456 Relating to: various changes regarding the laws governing real estate practice, employment relationships between real estate licensees and real estate brokerage firms, a statute of limitations for actions against persons engaged in real estate practice, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 582 Relating to: government actions affecting rights to real property; the regulation of shoreland zoning; the substitution of hearing examiners in contested cases; and the property tax treatment of unoccupied property. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 720 Relating to: the redemption period and notice of sale applicable to a foreclosure action involving noncommercial property and procedures regarding abandoned property in a foreclosure action. Became law 2015
• SB 375 Relating to: various changes regarding the laws governing real estate practice, employment relationships between real estate licensees and real estate brokerage firms, a statute of limitations for actions against persons engaged in real estate practice, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 464 Relating to: government actions affecting rights to real property; the regulation of shoreland zoning; the substitution of hearing examiners in contested cases; and the property tax treatment of unoccupied property. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 629 Relating to: the redemption period and notice of sale applicable to a foreclosure action involving noncommercial property and procedures regarding abandoned property in a foreclosure action. Died at session end 2015
• AB 9 Relating to: law enforcement officers who are on duty, off-duty law enforcement officers, and former law enforcement officers and going armed with firearms. Died at session end 2013
• AB 40 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2013 legislature. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 411 Relating to: limitation of a property owner's liability when lands are used for noncommercial aviation. Died at session end 2013
• AB 430 Relating to: disclosing ownership of a dam to prospective buyers of certain real property and updating disclosure reports for certain real property. Died at session end 2013
• AB 490 Relating to: the laws of trusts, the Uniform Trust Code, the Uniform Principal and Income Act, powers of appointment, and changes to estate recovery and divestment provisions relating to public assistance programs. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 537 Relating to: creation of a neighborhood improvement district. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 139 Relating to: disclosure of contracts for frac sand mining on neighboring properties. 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 315 Relating to: exceptions to the prohibition of release of customer information by a municipal utility. Became law 2013
• SB 321 Relating to: limitation of a property owner's liability when lands are used for noncommercial aviation. Became law 2013
• SB 344 Relating to: disclosing ownership of a dam to prospective buyers of certain real property and updating disclosure reports for certain real property. Became law 2013
• SB 384 Relating to: the laws of trusts, the Uniform Trust Code, the Uniform Principal and Income Act, powers of appointment, and changes to estate recovery and divestment provisions relating to public assistance programs. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 412 Relating to: creation of a neighborhood improvement district. (FE) Died at session end 2013