Relating to: local government rules of proceedings and consideration of ordinances or resolutions for which enactment or adoption previously failed. (FE)

SB 290 prevents local governments from using procedural rules to permanently block the reintroduction of ordinances or resolutions that failed to pass previously. It requires village boards, town boards, and city common councils to allow reconsideration of substantially similar proposals after a 2-year waiting period. The bill creates specific statutory provisions (in sections 59.11(4m), 60.20(4), and 61.32(6)) ensuring local governing bodies cannot prohibit such reconsideration within this timeframe. This applies directly to all local government bodies that adopt ordinances or resolutions through formal proceedings.