Bills by subject

Town: Laws

22 bills and resolutions. 5 became law and 8 never got a public hearing. They span 2 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2011–12 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.

AB 41 Preemption of city, village, town, or county ordinances requiring employers to provide employees with leave from employment to deal with family, medical, or health issues.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2012
AB 155 Prohibiting ordinances that place certain limits on landlords.
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2012
AB 173 Local ordinances, determining the lawful presence of a person arrested for or charged with a crime or certain civil violations, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2012
AB 234 Ordinances, regulations, resolutions, or other restrictions of local governmental units that restrict hunting with a bow and arrow.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2012
AB 281 A state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2012

Every bill on this subject

2011–12 session: 15

Mar 23, 2012
AB 41: Preemption of city, village, town, or county ordinances requiring employers to provide employees with leave from employment to deal with family, medical, or health issues.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 155: Prohibiting ordinances that place certain limits on landlords.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 173: Local ordinances, determining the lawful presence of a person arrested for or charged with a crime or certain civil violations, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 234: Ordinances, regulations, resolutions, or other restrictions of local governmental units that restrict hunting with a bow and arrow.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 281: A state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 286: Permitting an employer to refuse to employ or to bar or terminate from employment an individual who has been convicted of a felony and who has not been pardoned for that felony and preempting cities, villages, towns, and counties from adopting provisions concerning employment discrimination based on arrest or conviction record that prohibit activity that is allowed under the state fair employment law.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 295: Requiring a referendum before a municipality or county may impose a local motor vehicle registration fee.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 308: Authorizing a town to prohibit mixed martial arts fighting contests.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 562: Limiting the authority of a city, village, or town to enact a development moratorium ordinance.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 9, 2011
SB 23: Preemption of city, village, town, or county ordinances requiring employers to provide employees with leave from employment to deal with family, medical, or health issues.
Became law.

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Mar 23, 2012
SB 32: Ordinances establishing standards for places of employment and public buildings.
Stopped in committee.
Dec 12, 2011
SB 107: Prohibiting ordinances that place certain limits on landlords.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 187: A state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 207: Permitting an employer to refuse to employ or to bar or terminate from employment an individual who has been convicted of a felony and who has not been pardoned for that felony and preempting cities, villages, towns, and counties from adopting provisions concerning employment discrimination based on arrest or conviction record that prohibit activity that is allowed under the state fair employment law.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 504: Limiting the authority of a city, village, or town to enact a development moratorium ordinance.
Became law.

2009–10 session: 7

Apr 28, 2010
AB 41: A state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 147: Regulating the amount of a forfeiture for failure to remove snow.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 435: The operation of all-terrain vehicles on highways for the purpose of certain types of access and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 619: County, city, town, and village authority to create local elections boards and to regulate the financing of campaigns for county, city, town, and village offices; duties of municipal and county boards of election commissioners; and granting rule-making authority.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 1: A state minimum wage, permitting the enactment of local living wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
May 17, 2010
SB 314: Traditional neighborhood development ordinances, mixed-use zoning, and the state housing strategy plan.
Became law.
May 20, 2010
SB 400: Operation of all-terrain vehicles to remove snow.
Became law.

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