Wisconsin House Bill 453

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 11)
Status: Passed on April 2 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-02 - Published 4-3-2026
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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)

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)

Rep. David Armstrong [R]	Rep. Robert Brooks [R]	Rep. Barbara Dittrich [R]	Rep. Dan Knodl [R]
Rep. Rob Kreibich [R]	Rep. David Murphy [R]	Rep. Jerry O'Connor [R]	Rep. Jim Piwowarczyk [R]
Rep. Rob Summerfield [R]	Rep. William Penterman [R]	Sen. John Jagler [R]

2026-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Read a third time and concurred in as amended (Y: 28 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected (Y: 18 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-10-07 - House - Assembly: Read a third time and passed (Y: 55 N: 39 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-10-07 - House - Assembly: Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table (Y: 54 N: 41 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-02	House	Published 4-3-2026
2026-04-02	House	Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 173
2026-04-01	House	Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026
2026-03-19	House	Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
2026-02-23	House	Report correctly enrolled on 2-23-2026
2026-02-23	House	LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
2026-02-19	House	Action ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-19	House	Senate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in
2026-02-19	House	Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in
2026-02-18	House	Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 and Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted)
2026-02-18	Senate	Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-18	Senate	Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
2026-02-18	Senate	Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 28, Noes 5
2026-02-18	Senate	Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-02-18	Senate	Ordered to a third reading
2026-02-18	Senate	Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
2026-02-18	Senate	Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
2026-02-18	Senate	Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
2026-02-18	Senate	Read a second time
2026-02-18	Senate	Senate 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
2026-02-17	Senate	Placed on calendar 2-18-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2025-11-11	Senate	Available for scheduling
2025-11-11	Senate	Report concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2025-11-11	Senate	Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2025-11-11	Senate	Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2025-11-11	Senate	Executive action taken
2025-11-03	Senate	Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jagler
2025-11-03	Senate	Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jagler
2025-10-20	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2025-10-15	Senate	Public hearing held
2025-10-08	Senate	Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
2025-10-07	Senate	Received from Assembly
2025-10-07	House	Ordered immediately messaged
2025-10-07	House	Read a third time and passed, Ayes 55, Noes 39
2025-10-07	House	Rules suspended
2025-10-07	House	Ordered to a third reading
2025-10-07	House	Assembly Amendment 5 adopted
2025-10-07	House	Assembly Amendment 5 offered by Representative Armstrong
2025-10-07	House	Assembly Amendment 4 adopted
2025-10-07	House	Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
2025-10-07	House	Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
2025-10-07	House	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 41
2025-10-07	House	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Joers
2025-10-07	House	Read a second time
2025-10-03	House	Referred to calendar of 10-7-2025
2025-10-03	House	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 9, Noes 5
2025-10-03	House	Report Assembly Amendment 4 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 14, Noes 0
2025-10-03	House	Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 14, Noes 0
2025-10-03	House	Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 13, Noes 1
2025-10-02	House	Executive action taken
2025-10-01	House	Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representative Armstrong
2025-10-01	House	Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Armstrong
2025-09-30	House	Public hearing held
2025-09-26	House	Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Brooks
2025-09-26	House	Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brooks
2025-09-25	House	Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate
2025-09-25	House	Introduced

SB472 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab453
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB453.pdf
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/enrolledbills/2025/REG/AB453.pdf
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/acts/2025/173.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB453-AA1.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB453-AA2.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB453-AA3.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB453-AA4.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB453-AA5.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB453-ASA1.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB453-SSA1.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB453-SSA1-SA1.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB453-SSA1-SA2.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/assembly/housing_and_real_estate/1945475.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/lcamendmentmemos/2025/REG/AB453.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab453/ab453_dor.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/insurance_housing_rural_issues_and_forestry/1953756.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/lcactmemos/2025/REG/Act%20173.pdf
Roll Call	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/votes/2025/av0096
Roll Call	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/votes/2025/av0097
Roll Call	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/votes/2025/sv0196
Roll Call	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/votes/2025/sv0197