---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: prohibiting an assessor from changing the valuation of property based solely on a recent sale of the property. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: prohibiting an assessor from changing the valuation of property based solely on a recent sale of the property. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 691"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 691 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Gundrum", "Horlacher", "Knodl", "Kuglitsch", "Kulp", "Magnafici", "Murphy", "Ramthun", "Skowronski", "Thiesfeldt", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-23T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82226c87-bcf4-425e-96a4-e66e1c98f578"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab691"
source_hash: "4b85bc73d659dcf4cda6df01535be243ed6ebe5ab2f4eaef06fa9a2feca7fbd3"
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 691 (2019) — Relating to: prohibiting an assessor from changing the valuation of property based solely on a recent sale of the property. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB691-ASA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB691)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Horlacher — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Magnafici — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Ramthun — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-12-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Brooks, Gundrum, Horlacher, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Magnafici, Murphy, Ramthun, Skowronski, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Craig and Nass `introduction`
- **2019-12-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2020-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2020-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Hutton added as a coauthor
- **2020-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brooks `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Edming added as a coauthor
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-28-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 114 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-29-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82226c87-bcf4-425e-96a4-e66e1c98f578`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).