Housing
312 bills and resolutions. 59 became law, 7 were vetoed, and 143 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.
Rent, home building, zoning, landlords and tenants. This topic is our grouping of 10 headings from the Legislature's own subject index, listed below. A bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under one of them, and each count comes from the bill's official history.
Headings gathered here
Latest activity
The 5 bills on this topic with the newest recorded action.
- SB 1027 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)
Stopped in committee. Last action Aug 18, 2026
- AB 241 Required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
- AB 450 Applicability of the commercial building code to certain buildings. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
- SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
- AB 366 Emotional support animals in housing; falsely claiming that an animal is a service animal; and providing a penalty. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
Every bill on this topic
2025–26 session: 150
- 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.
- Oct 31, 2025
- May 13, 2026
- Apr 9, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- May 13, 2026 AB 450: Applicability of the commercial building code to certain buildings. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Apr 6, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 844: Creating a stretch energy code. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 914: Registered interior designers supervising certain construction.
Stopped in committee.
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- Mar 23, 2026
- May 13, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 77: Entering certain places with intent to commit battery and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 382: Modifications to the historic rehabilitation tax credit. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 475: Applicability of the commercial building code to certain buildings. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Apr 6, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 827: Creating a stretch energy code. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 993: Registered interior designers supervising certain construction.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- May 13, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1136: Housing discrimination.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 327: Emotional support animals in housing; falsely claiming that an animal is a service animal; and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 534: Regulating medical cannabis, the prescription drug monitoring program, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 52: Expanding the homestead income tax credit. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 60: Expanding the homestead income tax credit. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 42: Local regulation of fowl.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 106: Exempting certain electric vehicle charging stations located at a residence from the electric vehicle charging tax. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 9, 2026
- Apr 9, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 213: Prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Dec 10, 2025
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 293: Sunset of the community-oriented policing-house grant program.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 356: Storage of a firearm in a residence if child is present and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 365: Local and private regulation of accessory dwelling units. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Jan 8, 2026
- Apr 2, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 449: Local regulation of accessory dwelling units. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 451: Residential tax incremental districts. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Apr 2, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 455: A condominium conversion reimbursement grant program. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Dec 10, 2025
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 473: Postloss assignment of rights or benefits under property insurance policies to residential contractors and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- May 13, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 671: A study of redundancies in legal requirements for new housing construction. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 765: Bonding for lead service line replacement and granting bonding authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Apr 7, 2026 AB 916: A home repair program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 976: Changes to the low-income housing tax credit. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1050: Local regulation of the short-term rental of residential dwellings.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 30, 2026
- Mar 24, 2026 AB 1108: Broadband line extension grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 44: Local regulation of fowl.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 9, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 175: Local building permit fees for certain improvements of residences of disabled veterans. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 178: Changes to the low-income housing tax credit. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 180: Modifications to housing programs under the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 208: Prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 247: Local and private regulation of accessory dwelling units. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Aug 11, 2025
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 286: Workforce housing and childcare awards under the business development tax credit. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 368: Storage of a firearm in a residence if child is present and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 426: Registration of trailers used for transporting manufactured housing units. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 427: Requirements for the rental of mobile and manufactured homes. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- 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 478: Changes regarding the laws governing real estate practice. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 9, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 481: A condominium conversion reimbursement grant program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 9, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 663: A study of redundancies in legal requirements for new housing construction. (FE)
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 769: Bonding for lead service line replacement and granting bonding authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 942: Changes to the low-income housing tax credit. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Aug 18, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 1062: Broadband line extension grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 1080: Local regulation of the short-term rental of residential dwellings.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Apr 7, 2026
- Apr 7, 2026 SB 1179: A home repair program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 9, 2026 AB 454: A workforce home loan program. (FE)
Became law.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 476: A workforce home loan program. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 142: Algorithmic software for residential housing, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 414: 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.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1048: Local regulation of landlords.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1057: Reporting positive rental payment information to credit bureaus.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1058: Access to prospective tenants’ credit scores and consumer credit reports.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1119: Rent abatement and retaliatory conduct and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 25, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1133: Local regulation of landlords and tenants.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1135: The defense of waiver in eviction actions.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1137: Evicting tenants for failure to pay rent.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1140: Actions for relief from extrajudicial eviction in small claims court. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1143: Utility charges related to residential rental agreements.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1197: The definition of tenant at will.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 142: Algorithmic software for residential housing, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 206: Voidable provisions in residential rental agreements and the application of the Wisconsin Consumer Act to leases. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 9, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 1029: Local regulation of landlords.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 1057: Access to prospective tenants’ credit scores and consumer credit reports.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 1058: Reporting positive rental payment information to credit bureaus.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 1076: Rent abatement and retaliatory conduct and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 1098: Local regulation of landlords and tenants.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 25, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- May 13, 2026
- Mar 27, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 831: Recording and taxation of real property containing a building, improvement, or fixture and consisting of no land. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 813: Recording and taxation of real property containing a building, improvement, or fixture and consisting of no land. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 313: The minimum net worth requirement for licensed mortgage brokers.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- May 13, 2026 SB 315: The minimum net worth requirement for licensed mortgage brokers.
Vetoed by the governor.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 383: The veterans housing and recovery program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 385: The veterans housing and recovery program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
2011–12 session: 59
- Aug 2, 2012
- Apr 10, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Apr 10, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 547: The authority and responsibility of the Department of Safety and Professional Services, requirements for obtaining certain licenses or other credentials from the Department of Safety and Professional Services, weighing a product that contains opium or another controlled substance, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 227: Income and franchise tax credits for insulating concrete forms used to construct a building and energy efficient products.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Nov 22, 2011
- Mar 22, 2012
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- Mar 26, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 244: Restricting eligibility for the homestead tax credit.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 368: Restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 175: Restricting eligibility for the homestead tax credit.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 272: Restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit.
Stopped in committee.
- Nov 14, 2011
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 238: The sales and use tax exemption for electricity and natural gas.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 328: Nonjudicial foreclosure of time-share estates and licenses.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 414: Foreclosure on abandoned properties.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 560: Information related to condominiums that must be furnished with real estate condition reports.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 561: Miscellaneous landlord-tenant provisions and prohibiting a local government from imposing a moratorium on eviction actions.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 654: Contracting with residential contractors.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Apr 3, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 83: Various changes to the eminent domain laws.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Dec 12, 2011
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 307: Foreclosure on abandoned properties.
Became law.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Apr 5, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 555: Law enforcement officers who are on duty, off-duty law enforcement officers, and former law enforcement officers and going armed with firearms.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 576: Battery requirements for smoke detectors.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 294: Small business loan guarantees by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 607: Economic development activities of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 10, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 155: Prohibiting ordinances that place certain limits on landlords.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 373: Disclosure of radon testing.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Dec 12, 2011
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 137: Residential mortgage loan foreclosures.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 390: Mortgage satisfaction.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Apr 10, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 121: Expanding the eligibility of an unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 84: Expanding the eligibility of an unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
2009–10 session: 103
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 18: The income and franchise tax credit that supplements the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- May 26, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 102: The licensing and regulation of thermal system insulation mechanics; creating a thermal system insulation council; requiring the employment of a state inspector; establishing standards for installing and maintaining thermal system insulation; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Nov 18, 2009
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 205: Adopting changes to the Internal Revenue Code for state income tax purposes related to deductions for energy efficient commercial buildings.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 253: Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Oct 9, 2009
- Apr 28, 2010
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- Apr 28, 2010 AB 607: Requiring carbon monoxide detectors in buildings containing one or two dwelling units.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 773: Income and franchise tax credits for insulating concrete forms used to construct a building.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 10: The income and franchise tax credit that supplements the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Mar 2, 2009
- Apr 28, 2010
- Jun 5, 2009
- May 20, 2009
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 229: Regional structural collapse teams and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 15, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- May 20, 2010
- May 26, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 277: Prohibiting discrimination in housing because of domestic abuse victim status and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 663: Restricting access to and limiting information contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Programs and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Dec 15, 2009
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 189: Increasing the amount of the homestead exemption.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 387: The homestead exemption and increases in the value of the exemption for various property that is exempt from execution.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 160: Increasing the amount of the homestead exemption.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
- Dec 3, 2009
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 6: A tort action for intentional misrepresentation in a residential real estate transaction.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- May 18, 2009
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 299: Products containing mercury and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Feb 22, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 396: An exemption from recording for time-share licenses.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 469: The parking of vehicles on highways.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 490: Receivership for abatement of residential nuisances.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 523: The sales and use tax exemption for electricity and natural gas.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 647: Miscellaneous modifications to the condominium laws.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 672: Foreclosure and sale of residential property.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 817: Employer-assisted housing.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 846: Allowing required condominium disclosures to be made electronically.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AJR 8: Taxation of principal homesteads of individuals (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AJR 24: Providing property tax relief from school district property taxes to persons who have their principal dwelling in this state (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 13, 2009
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 81: Authorizing a city or village to extend the life of a tax incremental district for one year to benefit housing in the city or village.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Oct 9, 2009
- Feb 22, 2010
- May 17, 2010
- May 17, 2010
- Apr 26, 2010
- Feb 22, 2010
- May 20, 2010
- Feb 9, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 534: Employer-assisted housing.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- May 17, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 701: The foreclosure and sale of residential property.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 961: Targets for the allocation of federal tax credits by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Apr 26, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 695: Targets for the allocation of federal tax credits by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Jun 22, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 107: Protections for tenants in foreclosure actions.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 163: Allowing certain political signs on rental premises.
Stopped in committee.
- Feb 16, 2010 AB 400: Requiring landlords to change locks.
Became law.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 543: Barring landlords from requiring certain payments and from making certain claims against estates.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- May 21, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 78: Protections for tenants in foreclosure actions.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 274: Requiring landlords to change locks.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- May 14, 2010 SB 591: Termination of tenancy at death.
Became law.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 160: Delaying certain mortgage foreclosure actions.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 305: Notification of alternative dispute resolution in foreclosure actions.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 459: The model academic standards for personal financial literacy.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Mar 19, 2010
- May 21, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 729: Residential mortgage loan foreclosures.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 765: Licensing requirements for mortgage bankers and mortgage brokers.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 816: State contracts with financial institutions with foreclosures in the state.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 873: Liens by commercial real estate brokers.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 213: Notification of alternative dispute resolution in foreclosure actions.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 326: The model academic standards for personal financial literacy.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- May 14, 2010
Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject