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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: a condominium association's obligation to maintain records and allow a unit owner to inspect and copy those records; financial audits of condominium association records; access by condominium unit owners to records of an entity controlled by an association; and organizing a condominium association as a for-profit corporation."
description: "Relating to: a condominium association's obligation to maintain records and allow a unit owner to inspect and copy those records; financial audits of condominium association records; access by condominium unit owners to records of an entity controlled by an association; and organizing a condominium association as a for-profit corporation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 561"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 561 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cowles", "Darling", "Ringhand"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-09-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39aa9a89-9ebf-47a1-a2a3-fee2ed2ddfb1"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb561"
source_hash: "5aabe2267dd43c3a973477cd5f8b0e09878d6ce88b7664379f10cde0dfbd5e46"
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 SB 561 (2021) — Relating to: a condominium association's obligation to maintain records and allow a unit owner to inspect and copy those records; financial audits of condominium association records; access by condominium unit owners to records of an entity controlled by an association; and organizing a condominium association as a for-profit corporation.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/SB561)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB561-SA1)
## Votes
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **50** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **50** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cowles, Darling and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Knodl and Callahan `introduction`
- **2021-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-15-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 8:24 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-10-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-11-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 166 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-12-2022 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39aa9a89-9ebf-47a1-a2a3-fee2ed2ddfb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).