republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2017-regular-session/ab-479.md

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Bill	Relating to: limiting the authority of local governments to regulate development on substandard lots and require the merging of lots; requiring a political subdivision to issue a conditional use permit under certain circumstances; standards for granting certain zoning variances; local ordinances related to repair, rebuilding, and maintenance of certain nonconforming structures; shoreland zoning of, and the removal of material from the bed of, certain small, private ponds; inverse condemnation proceedings; and the right to display the flag of the United States. (FE)	Relating to: limiting the authority of local governments to regulate development on substandard lots and require the merging of lots; requiring a political subdivision to issue a conditional use permit under certain circumstances; standards for granting certain zoning variances; local ordinances related to repair, rebuilding, and maintenance of certain nonconforming structures; shoreland zoning of, and the removal of material from the bed of, certain small, private ponds; inverse condemnation proceedings; and the right to display the flag of the United States. (FE)	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2017 Regular Session	AB 479	Wisconsin AB 479 (2017 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Ballweg Edming Felzkowski Gannon Horlacher Hutton Jarchow Kremer Murphy R. Brooks Sanfelippo Stafsholt Tusler	1	35	2	2017-08-24T05:00:00+00:00	2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2c2467aa-15b6-49fb-b171-7d6b4d237be5	http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab479	2fa7e14924aeb198265766d4447bab504c67116d3d8960f82e39d4d576c5cbda	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wi

Wisconsin AB 479 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: limiting the authority of local governments to regulate development on substandard lots and require the merging of lots; requiring a political subdivision to issue a conditional use permit under certain circumstances; standards for granting certain zoning variances; local ordinances related to repair, rebuilding, and maintenance of certain nonconforming structures; shoreland zoning of, and the removal of material from the bed of, certain small, private ponds; inverse condemnation proceedings; and the right to display the flag of the United States. (FE)

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — 5–3 (pass) · legislature
• Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — 5–3 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ballweg — primary (person)
• Edming — primary (person)
• Felzkowski — primary (person)
• Gannon — primary (person)
• Horlacher — primary (person)
• Hutton — primary (person)
• Jarchow — primary (person)
• Kremer — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• R. Brooks — primary (person)
• Sanfelippo — 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, R. Brooks, Ballweg, Edming, Felzkowski, Gannon, Horlacher, Hutton, Kremer, Murphy, Sanfelippo, Stafsholt and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany, Craig, Darling, Lasee and Nass introduction
• 2017-08-24T05:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate
• 2017-10-17T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2017-10-19T05:00:00+00:00 Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Jarchow
• 2017-10-25T05:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Stuck
• 2017-10-25T05:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Stuck
• 2017-10-25T05:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Stuck
• 2017-10-26T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2017-11-01T05:00:00+00:00 Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 5, Noes 3
• 2017-11-01T05:00:00+00:00 Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 5, Noes 3 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 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Stuck and 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 Fiscal estimate received
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 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 passage
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Received from Senate concurred in
• 2017-11-17T06:00:00+00:00 Fiscal estimate received
• 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 67 executive-signature
• 2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00 Published 11-28-2017

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c2467aa-15b6-49fb-b171-7d6b4d237be5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).