AB 549 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: manufactured home sales and certificates of title and modifying administrative rules of the Department of Safety and Professional Services related to manufactured home purchase contracts. (FE)

AB 549 updates rules for manufactured home sales and title certificates in the state. It directly affects manufactured home dealers, buyers, and county offices handling title records. Key changes include requiring dealers to provide receipts for title payments, preventing dealers from listing themselves as owners on title applications when reselling, and mandating that title records include the home's location by county. The bill also clarifies when title applications are considered submitted and specifies details required on title documents, such as the home's address and identification number.

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Oct 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Assembly Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

Vetoed

Mar 2026

Introduced Oct 15, 2025 Vetoed Mar 27, 2026

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MODERATE

This bill updates Wisconsin laws governing manufactured homes to modernize title registration, expand licensing requirements, and improve consumer protections. It requires title applications to include the home's location, mandates that sellers provide purchase contracts to buyers immediately, and expands the definition of who must be licensed to include those who market or list homes for sale.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of licensing requirements to include marketing and listing activities, not just direct sales, and adds new exemptions for individuals selling only one home per year.

REQUIREMENT

Title applications must now include the county where the manufactured home is located, and the title certificate must list the year of manufacture.

Sellers must provide an exact copy of the purchase contract to the buyer at the time the buyer signs the offer.

The state must maintain and make public a record of all manufactured home communities, including owner contact information.

DEFINITION

A new exemption was created for individuals who sell, list, or market no more than one manufactured home in a calendar year.

ENFORCEMENT

Licensing requirements now apply to anyone who markets or lists manufactured homes for sale, not just those who sell them directly.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Mar 27, 2026

Vetoed

Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-27-2026

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Concurred in

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Introduced

Point of order that Senate Substitute Amendment 1 was not germane well taken

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Introduced

Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Smith, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Drake, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Wall and Wirch

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read a third time and passed

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Committee

Referred to committee on Rules

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 11, Noes 4

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 10, Noes 5

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Behnke

lower

Oct 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced by Representatives Behnke, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, Mursau, O'Connor, Steffen and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger and Nass

lower

8 primary · 0 co-sponsors