Wisconsin Senate Bill 497

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to renumber and amend 32.05 (2) (b) and 84.30 (5r) (a); to amend 32.05 (3) (e), 84.30 (5r) (title), 84.30 (5r) (c), 84.30 (5r) (d) and 84.30 (8); to repeal and recreate 84.30 (5r) (b); to create 32.05 (2) (b) 2., 32.09 (6m), 84.30 (5r) (a) 1., 84.30 (5r) (a) 2., 84.30 (5r) (a) 3., 84.30 (5r) (a) 4., 84.30 (5r) (bs), 84.30 (5r) (cm), 84.30 (7) (c) and 84.30 (8m) of the statutes; Relating to: outdoor advertising signs that do not conform to local ordinances and that are affected by certain transportation-related projects; compensation for takings of signs, and appraisals upon which jurisdictional offers are based. (FE)

Outdoor advertising signs that do not conform to local ordinances and that are affected by certain transportation-related projects; compensation for takings of signs, and appraisals upon which jurisdictional offers are based. (FE)

Sen. Dan Feyen [R]	Sen. Steve Nass [R]	Sen. Van Wanggaard [R]	Rep. Joy Goeben [R]
Rep. Jerry O'Connor [R]	Rep. Steve Doyle [D]	Rep. Brent Jacobson [R]	Rep. Rob Kreibich [R]
Rep. Paul Melotik [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Mursau [R]	Rep. William Penterman [R]	Rep. John Spiros [R]
Rep. David Murphy [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-02-04	Senate	Available for scheduling
2026-02-04	Senate	Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-02-04	Senate	Executive action taken
2026-01-20	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2025-11-19	Senate	Public hearing held
2025-10-02	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government
2025-10-02	Senate	Introduced

AB502 (Crossfiled) 2026-05-13 - Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb497
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB497.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/sb497/sb497_dot.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/transportation_and_local_government/1970464.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/senate_organization/1985048.pdf