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WI SB642

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

LaTonya Johnson

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a landlord fire prevention grant program administered by the Department of Administration to help landlords cover costs of fire prevention and suppression measures in residential buildings

  • Eligible expenses include installing fire sprinklers in buildings and providing fire extinguishers in residential units

  • Grants are capped at 50 percent of the landlord's costs for fire prevention measures and awarded on a first-come, first-served basis

  • Appropriates $10,000,000 in GPR funding for fiscal year 2025-26, which serves as the total program cap

  • Requires DOA to promulgate rules establishing eligibility criteria and application procedures for the program

Legislative Description

Creating a landlord fire prevention grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Last Action

Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

2/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry11/14/2025

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