SB 813 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: recording and taxation of real property containing a building, improvement, or fixture and consisting of no land. (FE)

SB 813 creates new rules for taxing and recording property that consists *only* of a building, improvement, or fixture (like a structure on leased land) without any underlying land. It requires counties to record ownership declarations for these properties and establish separate tax parcels for the structures when owned by someone other than the landowner. This directly affects owners of such structures (e.g., tenants in commercial buildings) and county assessors who must now handle these separate tax records. The bill amends several tax and recording statutes to implement this system, ensuring these "landless" properties are assessed and taxed appropriately.
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Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 2, 2026 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Total actions
12
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Amendments
3
Mar 3, 2026
Introduced
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Kapenga and Feyen
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 1
upper
Jan 30, 2026
Introduced
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Felzkowski
upper
Jan 2, 2026
Introduced
Introduced by Senators Felzkowski and James; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl and Armstrong
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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