Legislation: batch E — CA TN VA VT WA WI WV WY

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/wi/2017-regular-session/ab-479.md

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: limiting the authority of local governments to regulate development on substandard lots and require the merging of lots; requiring a political subdivision to issue a conditional use permit under certain circumstances; standards for granting certain zoning variances; local ordinances related to repair, rebuilding, and maintenance of certain nonconforming structures; shoreland zoning of, and the removal of material from the bed of, certain small, private ponds; inverse condemnation proceedings; and the right to display the flag of the United States. (FE)"
+description: "Relating to: limiting the authority of local governments to regulate development on substandard lots and require the merging of lots; requiring a political subdivision to issue a conditional use permit under certain circumstances; standards for granting certain zoning variances; local ordinances related to repair, rebuilding, and maintenance of certain nonconforming structures; shoreland zoning of, and the removal of material from the bed of, certain small, private ponds; inverse condemnation proceedings; and the right to display the flag of the United States. (FE)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2017 Regular Session"
+identifier: "AB 479"
+citation: "Wisconsin AB 479 (2017 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Edming", "Felzkowski", "Gannon", "Horlacher", "Hutton", "Jarchow", "Kremer", "Murphy", "R. Brooks", "Sanfelippo", "Stafsholt", "Tusler"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-08-24T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c2467aa-15b6-49fb-b171-7d6b4d237be5"
+source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab479"
+source_hash: "2fa7e14924aeb198265766d4447bab504c67116d3d8960f82e39d4d576c5cbda"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
+---
+
+# Wisconsin AB 479 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: limiting the authority of local governments to regulate development on substandard lots and require the merging of lots; requiring a political subdivision to issue a conditional use permit under certain circumstances; standards for granting certain zoning variances; local ordinances related to repair, rebuilding, and maintenance of certain nonconforming structures; shoreland zoning of, and the removal of material from the bed of, certain small, private ponds; inverse condemnation proceedings; and the right to display the flag of the United States. (FE)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/AB479)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — **5–3** (pass) · legislature
+- Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — **5–3** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ballweg — primary (person)
+- Edming — primary (person)
+- Felzkowski — primary (person)
+- Gannon — primary (person)
+- Horlacher — primary (person)
+- Hutton — primary (person)
+- Jarchow — primary (person)
+- Kremer — primary (person)
+- Murphy — primary (person)
+- R. Brooks — primary (person)
+- Sanfelippo — primary (person)
+- Stafsholt — primary (person)
+- Tusler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-08-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Jarchow, R. Brooks, Ballweg, Edming, Felzkowski, Gannon, Horlacher, Hutton, Kremer, Murphy, Sanfelippo, Stafsholt and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany, Craig, Darling, Lasee and Nass `introduction`
+- **2017-08-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate
+- **2017-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2017-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Jarchow
+- **2017-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Stuck
+- **2017-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Stuck
+- **2017-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Stuck
+- **2017-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2017-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 5, Noes 3
+- **2017-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 5, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2017-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Stuck and Jarchow
+- **2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-7-2017 by Committee on Rules
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
+- **2017-11-17T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
+- **2017-11-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-22-2017
+- **2017-11-22T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-22-2017 `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-27-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 67 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-28-2017
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c2467aa-15b6-49fb-b171-7d6b4d237be5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+