---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: review by the Department of Safety and Professional Services of the state electrical wiring code applicable to one-family and two-family dwellings; the legal description required for recording an easement for the construction, operation, or maintenance of sewer lines or facilities; expanding the use of tax incremental financing for workforce housing development and allowing a reduction in the amount of certain impact fees; effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations; exempting certain vehicles delivering propane from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations; elimination of the forestation state property tax; reviews of and reports on bills and proposed administrative rules that affect housing; general permits to place riprap on the bed of a navigable water; and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: review by the Department of Safety and Professional Services of the state electrical wiring code applicable to one-family and two-family dwellings; the legal description required for recording an easement for the construction, operation, or maintenance of sewer lines or facilities; expanding the use of tax incremental financing for workforce housing development and allowing a reduction in the amount of certain impact fees; effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations; exempting certain vehicles delivering propane from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations; elimination of the forestation state property tax; reviews of and reports on bills and proposed administrative rules that affect housing; general permits to place riprap on the bed of a navigable water; and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "AB 480"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 480 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Felzkowski", "Gannon", "Horlacher", "Hutton", "Jarchow", "Kremer", "Krug", "Quinn", "R. Brooks", "Stafsholt", "Tusler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-08-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65810912-0068-460f-a2c8-4d52b36007b8"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab480"
source_hash: "407c42971d99f3c970eed562c07bcc42112e30bc7d80c1974cd7097c92a61b87"
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 480 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: review by the Department of Safety and Professional Services of the state electrical wiring code applicable to one-family and two-family dwellings; the legal description required for recording an easement for the construction, operation, or maintenance of sewer lines or facilities; expanding the use of tax incremental financing for workforce housing development and allowing a reduction in the amount of certain impact fees; effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations; exempting certain vehicles delivering propane from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations; elimination of the forestation state property tax; reviews of and reports on bills and proposed administrative rules that affect housing; general permits to place riprap on the bed of a navigable water; and making an appropriation. (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/AB480)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refused to table Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 2, Ayes 32, Noes 61 — **32–61** (fail) · legislature
- Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 25, Noes 8 — **25–8** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Gannon — primary (person)
- Horlacher — primary (person)
- Hutton — primary (person)
- Jarchow — primary (person)
- Kremer — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- R. Brooks — 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, Allen, R. Brooks, Felzkowski, Gannon, Horlacher, Hutton, Kremer, Krug, Quinn, Stafsholt and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany, Darling, Lasee and Nass `introduction`
- **2017-08-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate
- **2017-09-05T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Jarchow
- **2017-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Jarchow
- **2017-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 8, Noes 0
- **2017-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `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 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative 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** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Refused to table Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 2, Ayes 32, Noes 61
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 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, Ayes 25, Noes 8 `passage`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2017-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Department of Transportation Vehicle report received pursuant to s.13.096, Wisconsin Statutes
- **2017-11-22T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 2)
- **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 68 `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/65810912-0068-460f-a2c8-4d52b36007b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).