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AB42 • 2025
local regulation of fowl
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local regulation of fowl Status: A - Local Government
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Public hearing held
Representative Miresse withdrawn as a coauthor
Representative Stroud withdrawn as a coauthor
Representative Mursau added as a coauthor
Representative Tusler added as a coauthor
Introduced by Representatives Sortwell , Behnke , Goeben , Miresse , Piwowarczyk , Stroud and Wichgers ; cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara
Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government
local regulation of fowl Status: A - Local Government
Wisconsin Legislature: AB42: Bill Text Skip navigation Home Documents Senate Assembly Committees Service Agencies Docs Options Help 2025 Biennium Statutes Admin. Rules Indices Miscellaneous Archives Home Bill, Rule, and Appointment Histories Senators Representatives Committees Text of Introduced Proposals Amendment Text Acts Veto Messages Enrolled Bills Votes Assembly and Senate Floor Calendars Schedule of Committee Activities Assembly and Senate Journals Committee Records (ROCPs) Legislative Rules All Session-Related Documents Subject Index to Acts Subject Index to Legislation Subject Index to Journals Author Index to Legislation Subject Index to Clearinghouse Rules Miscellaneous Budget Documents Executive Orders Rulings of the Chair Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Opinions of the Attorney General Town Law Forms Law Districts Session Drafting Files Feeds Preferences Show tree Hide tree Feedback Help Home Senate Home Senators Committees Session Chief Clerk Sergeant at Arms Civics Education Human Resources Assembly Home Representatives Committees Session Chief Clerk Sergeant at Arms Human Resources Schedule Joint Senate Assembly Study Legislative Audit Bureau Legislative Council Legislative Fiscal Bureau Legislative Human Resources Office Legislative Reference Bureau Legislative Technology Services Bureau Menu » 2025 » Related Documents » Proposal Text » AB42: Bill Text Up Up 2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-0330/1 EVM:cdc 2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 42 February 17, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives Sortwell , Behnke , Goeben , Miresse , Piwowarczyk , Stroud and Wichgers , cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara . Referred to Committee on Local Government. AB42,1,1 1 An Act to create 66.0443 of the statutes; relating to: local regulation of fowl. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill prohibits political subdivisions and sewerage districts from prohibiting the keeping of up to four chickens or quail (fowl) by property owners or certain lessors on properties zoned for residential use. The bill specifically allows political subdivisions and sewerage districts to do any of the following with regard to the keeping of fowl: 1. Require a keeper of fowl to obtain a permit. 2. Require notification of adjoining land owners. 3. Impose reasonable regulations related to the location of fowl housing on a property. 4. Prohibit the keeping of roosters. 5. Impose reasonable cleanliness standards. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: AB42,1 2 Section 1 . 66.0443 of the statutes is created to read: AB42,1,3 3 66.0443 Local regulation of fowl. (1) In this section: AB42,2,1 1 (a) “Fowl” means chickens or quail. AB42,2,3 2 (b) “Local governmental unit” means a city, village, town, county, or sewerage 3 district. AB42,2,5 4 (2) No local governmental unit may prohibit the keeping of 4 or fewer fowl by 5 any of the following on a property zoned for residential use: AB42,2,8 6 (a) The owner of the property. A local governmental unit may prohibit any 7 keeping of fowl that is inconsistent with the condominium’s declarations, bylaws, 8 and rules on a property that is a condominium. AB42,2,9 9 (b) A lessor of the property if the property is owner-occupied. AB42,2,11 10 (3) Notwithstanding sub. (2), a local governmental unit may do any of the 11 following with regard to the keeping of fowl: AB42,2,12 12 (a) Require a keeper of fowl to obtain a permit. AB42,2,14 13 (b) Require notification of owners of properties adjoining the property on 14 which fowl are to be kept. AB42,2,16 15 (c) Impose reasonable regulations related to the location of fowl housing on a 16 property. AB42,2,17 17 (d) Prohibit the keeping of roosters. AB42,2,18 18 (e) Impose reasonable cleanliness standards. AB42,2,19 19 (end) Down Down /2025/related/proposals/ab42 true proposaltext /2025/related/proposals/ab42 proposaltext/2025/REG/AB42 proposaltext/2025/REG/AB42 section true Menu » 2025 » Related Documents » Proposal Text » AB42: Bill Text × Details for PDF view Link (Permanent link) Bookmark this location View toggle Go to top of document Search in this chapter Search in this section Search in this agency Search in this chapter group Search in this chapter Search in this section Cross references for section Acts affecting this section References to this 1970 Statutes Annotations Appellate Court Citations Administrative Code Index Reference lines Clear highlighting