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WI AB1133
Bill
Status
3/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Brienne Brown
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AI Summary
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Creates an exception to current state preemption, allowing cities, villages, towns, and counties to enact "good cause" eviction ordinances requiring landlords to make good faith lease renewal offers unless justified reasons for nonrenewal exist
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Authorizes local governments to establish notice requirements and timeframes for lease renewal offers and tenant responses
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Permits local ordinances to regulate when landlords may enter occupied premises to show units to prospective tenants and when landlords may sign leases with new tenants for subsequent periods
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Allows local governments to establish penalties for violations, including private causes of action and mandatory relocation assistance payments from landlords to tenants
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Permits ordinances to prohibit waiver of these tenant protections in lease agreements
Legislative Description
Local regulation of landlords and tenants.
Last Action
Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate
3/13/2026