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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: an exception to commercial building code requirements for the installation or operation of a stairway chair lift in a church constructed before 1919."
+description: "Relating to: an exception to commercial building code requirements for the installation or operation of a stairway chair lift in a church constructed before 1919."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "AB 445"
+citation: "Wisconsin AB 445 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Horlacher", "Kulp", "Novak", "Plumer", "Thiesfeldt", "Tusler", "Wichgers"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-09-13T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0364406-f10e-416b-a58f-ca7cb1253ccc"
+source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab445"
+source_hash: "606274f3c1543ef9a644fa72e9decb6a41f43fccbb0b1c3036155b8d5002a408"
+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 445 (2019) — Relating to: an exception to commercial building code requirements for the installation or operation of a stairway chair lift in a church constructed before 1919.
+
+## 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/2019/REG/AB445)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Report passage recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Horlacher — primary (person)
+- Kulp — primary (person)
+- Novak — primary (person)
+- Plumer — primary (person)
+- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)
+- Tusler — primary (person)
+- Wichgers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Novak, Horlacher, Kulp, Plumer, Thiesfeldt, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Kooyenga and L. Taylor `introduction`
+- **2019-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate `referral-committee`
+- **2019-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2020-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2020-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-15-2020 by Committee on Rules
+- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
+- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
+- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
+- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
+- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
+- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
+- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
+- **2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 1-27-2020
+- **2020-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-3-2020 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-5-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 91 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-6-2020
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0364406-f10e-416b-a58f-ca7cb1253ccc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+