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Yes: 155 • No: 100
WisconsinAB4532025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)HouseWALLET
An Act to repeal 66.1001 (1) (am) and 66.1001 (3m); to renumber and amend 66.1001 (2) (h), 66.1001 (3), 66.10016 (3) and 66.10016 (4); to amend 59.69 (3) (a), 62.23 (3) (b), 66.1001 (2m) (title), 66.1001 (2m) (a), 66.1002 (2) (intro.), 66.1105 (6) (g) 1. (intro.) and 66.1105 (6) (g) 3.; to repeal and recreate 66.1001 (3) (title); to create 66.1001 (2) (h) 4., 66.1001 (3) (b), 66.1001 (3) (c), 66.10016 (3) (b), 66.10016 (4) (b), 66.10016 (5) and 66.1105 (2) (cs) of the statutes; 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)
Sponsored By: David Armstrong (Republican), Robert Brooks (Republican), Barbara Dittrich (Republican), Daniel Knodl (Republican), Rob Kreibich (Republican), David Murphy (Republican), Jerry O'Connor (Republican), William Penterman (Republican), Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican), Rob Summerfield (Republican)
Became Law
AdministrationDepartment of -- Agency and general functionsCountyFarmland preservationHousingLand use planning and controlMunicipality -- PlanningOrdinanceProperty taxTown
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Bill Overview
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Faster housing permits and 60-day rezoning
If you file a complete permit application for a housing project that meets all rules in place that day, the local government must grant it. The filing date is the day they receive it. For needed rezoning, if the site is shown for housing in the plan, is near existing development and can be served, fits the plan’s current 5-year density range, and the plan shows a housing shortfall within five years, the government must approve within 60 days. You must certify the land is not in a farmland preservation zoning district, not in an agricultural enterprise area, and not under a farmland preservation agreement. A false certification makes you pay the costs to undo or fix any rezoning, and you cannot recover those costs. You may state preferences for zoning class, setbacks, lot width or frontage, and lot size.
Stronger local plans with housing densities
Counties and cities that take listed land-use actions must use full, modern comprehensive plan elements. Plans must list existing land uses and net density, study land supply, demand, and prices, add 20-year projections in 5-year steps, and map current and future uses and service areas. Net density excludes wetlands, 100-year floodplains, and government-owned lands not meant for redevelopment. Plans, except for towns and counties, must also map future housing areas and set the minimum and maximum homes per acre for each 5-year period across 20 years. This adds work for local governments but gives residents and builders clearer, measurable targets for housing and growth.
Zoning must match the adopted plan
When a local government passes or changes certain land-use ordinances, they must be consistent with the adopted land-use map and its category descriptions. Only the map and those descriptions count, and an ordinance can still be consistent even if it allows extra uses beyond the map. These consistency definitions do not apply to towns or counties. For residential areas, governments other than towns and counties must put the plan’s minimum and maximum net housing densities into their ordinances, and when adding land by annexation or consolidation for housing, they must do the same and fix any missing plan material within 180 days after a related application. Adopting a plan by ordinance does not itself make the plan a regulation. The law also repeals a prior subsection to align timing and consistency rules.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
David Armstrong
Republican • House
Robert Brooks
Republican • House
Barbara Dittrich
Republican • House
Daniel Knodl
Republican • House
Rob Kreibich
Republican • House
David Murphy
Republican • House
Jerry O'Connor
Republican • House
William Penterman
Republican • House
Jim Piwowarczyk
Republican • House
Rob Summerfield
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Jodi Emerson
Democratic • House
John Jagler
Republican • Senate
Melissa Ratcliff
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 2/18/2026
Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
Yes: 18 • No: 15
Senate vote • 2/18/2026
Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 28, Noes 5
Yes: 28 • No: 5
House vote • 10/7/2025
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 41
Yes: 54 • No: 41
House vote • 10/7/2025
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 55, Noes 39
Yes: 55 • No: 39
Actions Timeline
Published 4-3-2026
4/2/2026HouseReport approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 173
4/2/2026HousePresented to the Governor on 4-1-2026
4/1/2026HouseRepresentative Emerson added as a coauthor
3/19/2026HouseReport correctly enrolled on 2-23-2026
2/23/2026HouseLRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
2/23/2026HouseAction ordered immediately messaged
2/19/2026HouseSenate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in
2/19/2026HouseSenate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in
2/19/2026HouseReceived from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 and Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted)
2/18/2026HouseOrdered immediately messaged
2/18/2026SenateSenator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
2/18/2026SenateRead a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 28, Noes 5
2/18/2026SenateRules suspended to give bill its third reading
2/18/2026SenateOrdered to a third reading
2/18/2026SenateSenate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
2/18/2026SenateSenate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
2/18/2026SenateSenate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
2/18/2026SenateRead a second time
2/18/2026SenateSenate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Ratcliff, L. Johnson, Wall, Spreitzer, Drake, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Pfaff, Roys and Smith
2/18/2026SenatePlaced on calendar 2-18-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2/17/2026SenateAvailable for scheduling
11/11/2025SenateReport concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
11/11/2025SenateReport adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
11/11/2025SenateReport adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
11/11/2025Senate
Bill Text
Senate amendment 1
2/18/2026
Senate Amendment 1
11/11/2025
Senate Substitute Amendment 1
11/11/2025
Assembly Amendment 1
10/7/2025
Assembly Amendment 2
10/7/2025
Assembly Amendment 4
10/7/2025
Assembly Amendment 5
10/7/2025
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