---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: town zoning in shorelands, the scope of county shoreland zoning ordinances, and authorizing partial county zoning. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: town zoning in shorelands, the scope of county shoreland zoning ordinances, and authorizing partial county zoning. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 736"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 736 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spiros", "Spreitzer", "Swearingen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/482060b0-893e-46da-973e-46542c229c22"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab736"
source_hash: "d45d0cc0cd2da9e4a58a06277fdec2584c7389261b3f8e996586ca1e499d02ff"
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 736 (2019) — Relating to: town zoning in shorelands, the scope of county shoreland zoning ordinances, and authorizing partial county zoning. (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/2019/REG/AB736)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spiros — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Swearingen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Swearingen, Spiros and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Bewley, Olsen and Jacque `introduction`
- **2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2020-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2020-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, 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** 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** 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`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 145 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-4-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/482060b0-893e-46da-973e-46542c229c22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).