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type: "Bill"
title: "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)"
description: "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)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "AB 479"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 479 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Edming", "Felzkowski", "Gannon", "Horlacher", "Hutton", "Jarchow", "Kremer", "Murphy", "R. Brooks", "Sanfelippo", "Stafsholt", "Tusler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-08-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c2467aa-15b6-49fb-b171-7d6b4d237be5"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab479"
source_hash: "2fa7e14924aeb198265766d4447bab504c67116d3d8960f82e39d4d576c5cbda"
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 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](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/AB479)
## Votes
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — **53** (pass) · legislature
- Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — **53** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c2467aa-15b6-49fb-b171-7d6b4d237be5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).