---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: judicial review of local governmental decisions related to certain land development, local approval of residential housing development, and amendment of zoning ordinances. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: judicial review of local governmental decisions related to certain land development, local approval of residential housing development, and amendment of zoning ordinances. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 266"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 266 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Brooks", "Edming", "Krug", "Moses", "Murphy", "O'Connor", "Penterman", "Schraa", "Snyder", "Sortwell", "Spiros"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-23T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92da1244-492f-4bee-9c18-dbbded204270"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab266"
source_hash: "816f40250352ff70c666ea0c3aea116b84b7d48950d08f06e89dbb47ac3c56a7"
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 266 (2023) — Relating to: judicial review of local governmental decisions related to certain land development, local approval of residential housing development, and amendment of zoning ordinances. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB266-AA2)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB266)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- 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 10, Noes 5 — **10–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- Schraa — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Sortwell — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Krug, Brooks, Allen, Edming, Moses, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Schraa, Snyder, Sortwell and Spiros; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Quinn, Jagler and Testin `introduction`
- **2023-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-05-30T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Magnafici added as a coauthor
- **2023-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Bare, Haywood, Emerson, Ortiz-Velez and Clancy
- **2023-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 10, Noes 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-14-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Brooks
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Haywood added as a coauthor
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senators Taylor and Spreitzer added as cosponsors
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 2)
- **2023-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- **2023-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- **2023-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 2)
- **2023-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 6-16-2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 6-16-2023 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 6-22-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 16 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Published 6-23-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92da1244-492f-4bee-9c18-dbbded204270`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).