Relating to: required approvals of rezoning requests related to residential development, contents of and consistency of local ordinances with local comprehensive plans, certain tax incremental district project costs related to residential development, and tax incremental district lifespan extension. (FE)
AB 453 requires counties and cities to include specific elements in their comprehensive land-use plans, such as 20-year projections of residential development (in 5-year increments) and maps showing current/future land uses, including environmentally sensitive areas. It mandates that local ordinances related to residential development must align with these plans, though density requirements (specifying minimum/maximum residential units per acre) apply only to cities, not towns or counties. The bill affects local governments by standardizing planning processes for residential growth and ensuring consistency between zoning rules and long-term land-use goals. It does not create new taxes or funding but updates existing planning statute requirements.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2025
Committee Review
Nov 2025
Assembly Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Sep 25, 2025
Signed Apr 2, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly Oct 7, 2025
How they voted
28–6
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 18, 2026
D
Democratic16
68% Yea
R
Republican18
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
57
Key actions
19
Committee
5
Amendments
21
Apr 2, 2026
Signed into law
Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 173
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Introduced
LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 and Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted)
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 28, Noes 5
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Amended
Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Introduced
Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Ratcliff, L. Johnson, Wall, Spreitzer, Drake, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Pfaff, Roys and Smith
upper
Nov 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
upper
Nov 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
upper
Nov 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0
upper
Nov 3, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jagler
upper
Nov 3, 2025
Introduced
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jagler
upper
Oct 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 55, Noes 39
lower
Oct 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment 5 adopted
lower
Oct 7, 2025
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 5 offered by Representative Armstrong
lower
Oct 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment 4 adopted
lower
Oct 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
lower
Oct 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
lower
Oct 7, 2025
Amended
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 41
lower
Oct 7, 2025
Introduced
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Joers
lower
Oct 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 9, Noes 5
lower
Oct 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report Assembly Amendment 4 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 14, Noes 0
lower
Oct 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 14, Noes 0
lower
Oct 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 13, Noes 1
lower
Oct 1, 2025
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representative Armstrong
lower
Oct 1, 2025
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Armstrong
lower
Sep 26, 2025
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Brooks
lower
Sep 26, 2025
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brooks
lower
Sep 25, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, Brooks, Dittrich, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Summerfield and Penterman;
cosponsored by Senator Jagler
lower
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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