SB 1098 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: local regulation of landlords and tenants.

This bill would allow local governments in Wisconsin to create rules governing how landlords and tenants handle lease renewals and property showings. It enables cities, villages, towns, and counties to require landlords to make good faith offers to renew leases unless there is a valid reason not to, and to set standards for determining what counts as valid reasons. The legislation also permits local ordinances to regulate when landlords can show properties to new tenants and to establish penalties for violations, including requiring relocation assistance for affected tenants. Additionally, the bill ensures that these local rules cannot be overridden by individual lease agreements.
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Introduced Mar 4, 2026 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced by Senators Roys, Larson, Ratcliff and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Brown, Andraca, Fitzgerald, Hong, Madison, McCarville, Palmeri, Phelps, Sinicki and Tenorio
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