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AB213 • 2025

prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state

prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state

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Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representatives Haywood, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Palmeri, Neubauer, Snodgrass, Brown, Joers, Sheehan, Stroud, Hong, Tenorio, Stubbs, Goodwin, Rivera-Wagner, Clancy, Fitzgerald, Bare, Anderson, Moore Omokunde, Behnke, Madison, Sinicki, Mayadev, Emerson, Johnson and Miresse, cosponsored by Senators Keyeski, Pfaff, Larson, Carpenter, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Drake, Hesselbein, Smith, Wirch and L. Johnson
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Housing and Real Estate
Effective date
Not listed

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prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state

prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state Status: A - Housing and Real Estate

What This Bill Does

  • prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state Status: A - Housing and Real Estate

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-03-03 Asm.

    Senator Wall added as a cosponsor

  3. 2025-09-09 Asm.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  4. 2025-06-16 Asm.

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. 2025-04-29 Asm.

    Representative Phelps added as a coauthor

  6. 2025-04-23 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives Haywood , DeSanto , DeSmidt , Palmeri , Neubauer , Snodgrass , Brown , Joers , Sheehan , Stroud , Hong , Tenorio , Stubbs , Goodwin , Rivera-Wagner , Clancy , Fitzgerald , Bare , Anderson , Moore Omokunde , Behnke , Madison , Sinicki , Mayadev , Emerson , Johnson and Miresse ; cosponsored by Senators Keyeski , Pfaff , Larson , Carpenter , Ratcliff , Spreitzer , Dassler-Alfheim , Habush Sinykin , Drake , Hesselbein , Smith , Wirch and L. Johnson

  7. 2025-04-23 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate

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prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state
Status: A - Housing and Real Estate

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 213
April 23, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Haywood
,
DeSanto
,
DeSmidt
,
Palmeri
,
Neubauer
,
Snodgrass
,
Brown
,
Joers
,
Sheehan
,
Stroud
,
Hong
,
Tenorio
,
Stubbs
,
Goodwin
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Clancy
,
Fitzgerald
,
Bare
,
Anderson
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Behnke
,
Madison
,
Sinicki
,
Mayadev
,
Emerson
,
Johnson
and
Miresse
, cosponsored by Senators
Keyeski
,
Pfaff
,
Larson
,
Carpenter
,
Ratcliff
,
Spreitzer
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Habush Sinykin
,
Drake
,
Hesselbein
,
Smith
,
Wirch
and
L. Johnson
. Referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
AB213,1,2
1
An Act

to create
710.30 of the statutes;
relating to:
prohibiting hedge funds
2
from acquiring single-family homes in this state.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits a hedge fund from acquiring a single-family home in this state. The bill provides that an ownership interest in a single-family home acquired or owned by a hedge fund in violation of the bill is forfeited to the state and that the attorney general is responsible for enforcement.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB213,1
3
Section

1
.
710.30 of the statutes is created to read:
AB213,1,7
4
710.30

Prohibition on hedge fund ownership of single-family homes.

5
(1)

Definition.
In this section, “hedge fund” means a corporation, limited liability
6
company, partnership, association, trust, or other organization or enterprise to
7
which all of the following apply:
AB213,2,2
1
(a) It manages funds pooled from investors and is a fiduciary with respect to
2
the investors.
AB213,2,3
3
(b) It has $50,000,000 or more in net value or assets under management.
AB213,2,6
4
(c) It is not an organization that is described in section 501 (c) (3) of the
5
Internal Revenue Code and that is exempt from federal income tax under section
6
501
(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB213,2,8
7
(2)

Prohibition.
A hedge fund may not acquire or own, in whole or in part, a
8
single-family home in this state.
AB213,2,11
9
(3)

Forfeiture; enforcement.
An ownership interest in a single-family
10
home that is acquired or owned in violation of this section is forfeited to the state.
11
The attorney general shall enforce this section.
AB213,2,17
12
(4)

Applicability.
This section applies to an ownership interest in a single-
13
family home acquired by a hedge fund on or after the first day of the first month
14
beginning after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date]. No
15
ownership interest acquired by the hedge fund before the first day of the first month
16
beginning after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], is subject
17
to forfeiture under this section.
AB213,2,18
18
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